From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence

In Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses, the CJEU seized the occasion to uphold the principle of judicial independence as a primary obligation for the Member States under the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU. This newly crafted interpretation of Article 19(1) has crystallized in Commis...

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Autor: Torres Pérez, Aida
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/47602
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1023263X19892185
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Judicial independence
Court of Justice of the European Union
Rule of law
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
Effective judicial protection
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spelling From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independenceTorres Pérez, AidaJudicial independenceCourt of Justice of the European UnionRule of lawCharter of Fundamental Rights of the EUEffective judicial protectionIn Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses, the CJEU seized the occasion to uphold the principle of judicial independence as a primary obligation for the Member States under the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) TEU. This newly crafted interpretation of Article 19(1) has crystallized in Commission v. Poland, in which the CJEU declared that the reform of the Polish law on the Supreme Court lowering the retirement age of judges breached the obligation to respect judicial independence. The goal of this piece is to assess the bold interpretation given to the second subparagraph of Article 19(1) as a building block of the EU’s constitutional order. First, the expansion of the substantive content of Article 19(1) TEU will be analysed. How did the CJEU justify the shift from an obligation to establish a system of remedies ensuring effective judicial review to an obligation of respect for judicial independence? Second, the scope of this obligation and its potential reach will be critically examined. I will argue that Article 19(1) TEU may actually trigger the application of the Charter. Eventually, Article 19(1) TEU has the potential to become an open door for enforcing the Charter against the States regardless of its limited scope of application.Financed by DER2017-84195-P.SAGE Publications202120212020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/47602http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1023263X19892185reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésMaastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law. 2020 Feb;27(1):105-19info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/DER2017-84195-PAida Torres Pérez, From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law (Volume: 27 issue: 1) pp. 105-19. Copyright © 2020 SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/1023263X19892185.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/476022026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
spellingShingle From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
Torres Pérez, Aida
Judicial independence
Court of Justice of the European Union
Rule of law
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
Effective judicial protection
title_short From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
title_full From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
title_fullStr From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
title_full_unstemmed From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
title_sort From Portugal to Poland: the Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torres Pérez, Aida
author Torres Pérez, Aida
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Judicial independence
Court of Justice of the European Union
Rule of law
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
Effective judicial protection
topic Judicial independence
Court of Justice of the European Union
Rule of law
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
Effective judicial protection
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