Keywords
European Union, European integration, economic cooperation
Abstract
The European integration was primarily about economic cooperation, but the European Union’s role in protecting the core values in its Member States. EU values were first mentioned in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty on European Union, and since the Amsterdam Treaty the community law has a sufficiently precise description of this values, which should be respected not only by countries aspiring to the EU but also by the Member States themselves. The Lisbon Treaty defines EU values; however, nowadays the EU has to face the phenomenon when some government apparently violate these values. In recent years, defiance of core EU principles by the Polish and Hungarian governments is turning into a political debate. The European Commission has taken legal action against both governments, and the European Parliament supports this course. This short paper would like to address what the European institutions can do in these cases. Is the current treaty of the EU effective to address these phenomena?
DOI
10.33107/ijbte.2017.6.1.07
First Page
1
Last Page
23
Recommended Citation
Kapony, Elisabeth Kardos
(2017)
"Dilemmas about the protection the core values in the European Union,"
International Journal of Business and Technology: Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
DOI: 10.33107/ijbte.2017.6.1.07
Available at:
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/ijbte/vol6/iss1/7