 | David O'Keeffe, Patrick Twomey - 1999 - 469 pages
...Opinion of the EC] and its Constitutional Implications (CELS, Cambridge). 22 'The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States.' appropriate action to combat discrimination based... | |
 | Charlotte Bretherton, John Vogler - 1999 - 332 pages
...provision that acceding states must 'respect the principles set out in Article 6(1)' - which refers to 'the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law'. These principles are given great prominence in the Amsterdam Treaty. 4 This point is perhaps missed... | |
 | Philip Alston, Mara R. Bustelo, James Heenan - 1999 - 986 pages
...provision for the suspension of Member States' rights in response to a 'serious and persistent breach' of the 'principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law'.59 The Commission is empowered to propose that the Council meet to make such a determination,... | |
 | David Campbell - 1999 - 443 pages
...small step into the sphere of human rights. It declared that: The Union is founded on the principle of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law' (Art FI). The preceding Inter-Governmental Conference had again rejected the proposal to incorporate... | |
 | Karin Arts - 2000 - 472 pages
...formulated unequivocally in binding membership conditions. Under the ToA, only European states which respect "the principles of liberty, democracy, respect...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law" may apply for EU membership. The Treaty of Amsterdam also introduced the possibility to suspend an... | |
 | P. Coffey - 2000 - 256 pages
...membership. As a result of amendments made by the Treaty of Amsterdam, in addition to being European they must respect the principles of liberty, democracy,...human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law.7 The article states that further conditions of admission will be "the subject of an agreement... | |
 | Christopher Hill, Karen Elizabeth Smith - 2000 - 506 pages
...values and serve as a fundamental basis for our action. III. The European Union, which is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, shares the values in which the Declaration is rooted. It is conscious of the need to promote human... | |
 | Gráinne de Búrca, Joanne Scott - 2000 - 400 pages
...constitutional" edifice is now to be found in the Treaty of Amsterdam, as the Union is expressed to be founded on "the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law" (Article 6 TEU). In similar terms, the practices of the institutions and the Member States — whether... | |
 | Alex Roney - 2000 - 374 pages
...not yet ratified. What about human rights in the EU and elsewhere? The EU is stated to be founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law. Human rights have long been taken into account by EU institutions as being part of the European heritage.... | |
 | Anne Fruma Bayefsky, Joan Fitzpatrick - 2000 - 342 pages
...the same time envisages that even Member States might be found in serious and persistent breach of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. 36 This duality is maintained in the Protocol to the Treaty relating to asylum for nationals of EU... | |
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The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, principles which are common to the Member States. 
