...apply to become a member of the Union". The mentioned Article F says that "the Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law". This modification straightens out that the first and most important requirement for a European State,...

...trade union rights, and minority rights. In the case of a serious and persistent breach in Turkey of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law on which the Union is founded, the European Commission will, on its own initiative or at the request...

...establishing a community action program to combat discrimination states: (1) The European 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 all Member States. In accordance with Article 6(2) of the Treaty on...

...Maastricht Treaty (as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam), affirms that: '[T]he 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'. It places human rights and democratic values at...

...on the internal policies of the largest political actor in Europe. The Union itself "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" (Art. 6(1) TEU, quoted in EU HR Report 1999, 1.)....

...Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) (pending since 1993). 30 The EU is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law (Art. 6 Treaty on European Union). 31 See W. Karl, Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Internationalen Menschenrechtsschutz,...

...Union, a similar link between democracy, human rights and the rule of law: 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. And the same connections between democracy, human...

...explicit reference to human rights, with article 6 of the treaty proclaiming that "the Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law." Further, the EWL had successfully negotiated the integration of a new gender equality clause into the...

...itself to "recommend the suspension of the negotiations in the case of serious and persistent breach of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law on which the Union is founded." of long transition periods, of special arrangements for structural...

...was marked most strongly in the new Article 6 TEU, which stated that the Union was to be founded on the 'principles of liberty, democracy, respect for...rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law'. These ideals were institutionalised in a couple of ways. The EC acquired legislative competence to...