http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/392d63cbf9055b1f https://verfassungsblog.de/in-search-of-reflective-equilibrium/ In Search of Reflective Equilibrium - A Pluralistic European Society as an Organising Concept of EU Law Gerstenberg, Oliver eng 2026-06-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Article 2 TEU CJEU European Society Pluralism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In her academic writings, Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta has observed that many EU rights have been developing on a case-by-case basis, but so far without “a general and comprehensive explanation that they form part of a liberal and tolerant democratic society”. Drawing on this observation, and against the backdrop of the Court’s ruling in the Hungarian case, I will argue in this contribution that “pluralistic European society” is not only a sociological concept but also plays an important normative role as an organising regulative concept in EU constitutional-legal interpretation.