http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/13a1821d6a395d33 https://verfassungsblog.de/from-values-to-european-society/ From Values to European Society - Commission v Hungary and the Constitutionalisation of Article 2 TEU Margiotta, Costanza eng 2026-07-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Article 2 TEU EU values European Society Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Commission v. Hungary plays a role analogous to a judgment of the Italian Constitutional Court: it turns the axiological dimension of the founding text into an autonomous criterion for assessment. Just as that judgment overcame the prescriptive/programmatic distinction, Commission v. Hungary overcame the distinction between values and legal norms, holding that Article 2 TEU contains values integral to its identity. Its significance lies not in constitutionalising European society, but in rendering legally relevant the social coexistence embodied in Article 2.