The dialogue between the national courts in Romania and the Court of Justice of the European Union has experienced an unimaginable development in the last five years, especially regarding the rule of law, the solutions of the CJUE being absolutely necessary to preserve the independence of judges and also inspiring judges from other Eastern European states. This article presents the three most recent requests for preliminary rulings from the Rom...

In performing the constitutionality review, the Constitutional Court of Romania subordinates the use of a rule of law of the European Union, as a rule interposed to the reference, by the fact that the rule is sufficiently clear, precise and unambiguous or its meaning must have been established clearly, precisely and unambiguously by the Court of Justice of the European Union, on the one hand, and that rule must be constitutionally r...

Constitutional courts have played a key role in shaping the European legal space, in regulating the relationship between national law and European Union law, in addressing constitutional issues related to integration into the European Union, as well as in the constitutionalisation of Europe by developing a common European constitutional heritage, more prominent in the field of the protection of fundamental rights, where these court...