Protecting human rights in the European Union : problems and prospective scenarios

Abstract

The purpose ofthe paper is thus, on one hand, to shed light on how the judicial inter-institutional tensions, and more importantly the power-bargaining between the European institutions and States and the normative developments within the EU, have evolved to accommodate divergent interests and values; and, on the other, to reflect on how this experience might project itself into the ongoing Community and constitutional process in Europe.The purpose ofthe paper is thus, on one hand, to shed light on how the judicial inter-institutional tensions, and more importantly the power-bargaining between the European institutions and States and the normative developments within the EU, have evolved to accommodate divergent interests and values; and, on the other, to reflect on how this experience might project itself into the ongoing Community and constitutional process in Europe.