nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180730-100928-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180728s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180730-100928-0 doi eng 342 23 Dupré, Catherine Author aut Individuals and Judges in Defense of the Rule of Law Dupré, Catherine Verfassungsblog 2018-07-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In many ways, this case illustrates EU constitutionalism at its best: despite not being obliged to do so, the Irish judge made a request under Article 267 TFEU, bringing together concerns raised by the pending Article 7 TEU procedure and the more technical and narrow issue of fair trial under Article 47 EU Charter. While the ECJ follows the path opened in Aranyosi for assessing the ‘real risk of breach’ under Article 47 EU Charter, in interpreting that provision it manages to weave in the wider Article 7 TEU contextual concerns as well, thereby considerably strengthening the constitutional status of the right to a fair trial. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/individuals-and-judges-in-defense-of-the-rule-of-law/ raw object