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Solidarity in the EU legal order:
An attempt to approach a founding principle of EU law
Theodoros Galanis
PhD
Abstract:
Τhe present study focusses on the analysis of the mulitple legal
dimensions of solidarity and on its contribution to the formation, the
functioning and the evolution of the EU legal order. In this context, solidarity
is firstly approached at a conceptual level, since it appears in the text of the
Treaties under the triple figure of a principle, an objective and a value of the
European Union. The content of solidarity, as depicted in the primary and
secondary EU law as well as in the ECJ case law, is outlined in the second
part of the study, while the last part is devoted to the functions of solidarity
in the EU legal order, with an emphasis on its unifying, suspensive (vis-à-vis
competition/free movement rules) and social-redistributive role.
ISBN 978-960-562-679-2
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