Fundamental Rights of EU Law Q&A

The EU Fundamental Rights Questions and Answers series offer the best preparation for tackling exam questions. This set of EU law notes looks at Fundamental Rights of EU Law and the development of the EU Chater of Rights.

Essay Question One

Explain how and why the EU law protects human rights through its laws. In answering this question your answer should include a consideration of the origins and development of human rights law within the EU and the causes and influences of these developments.

Essay Question Two

To what extent do the provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights have direct effect?  Answer with references to the Court's case law.

Essay Question Three

‘The Charter of Fundamental Rights is a too powerful instrument in the hands of the European Court of Justice, as it enables it to make substantive policy choices which should be only for the EU institutions or the Member States to decide.’

Discuss.

Essay Question Four

The European Union's regressing towards the rule of law is a rapidly developing area. The EU threatened to withhold billions of euros from Poland for pandemic recovery. But against the background of the conflict in Ukraine and after much debate, the European Commission approved Poland's recovery and resilience plan in June 2022 as part of the Next Generation EU initiative.

Discuss with reference to Human Rights in the EU.