Reflexiones finales: pasado y presente del estado de derecho en la Unión Europea

AuthorPablo J. Martín Rodríguez
Pages141-145
CAPÍTULO 4
REFLEXIONES FINALES: PASADO
Y PRESENTE DEL ESTADO DE DERECHO
EN LA UNIÓN EUROPEA
El signif‌icado del Estado de Derecho en la Unión Europea ha ex-
perimentado una profunda transformación desde las funciones legiti-
madoras que ha desplegado tradicionalmente a las actuales manifes-
taciones de crisis. De motor de constitucionalización en el pasado a
motivo de preocupación en el presente.
Históricamente, la lógica del Estado de Derecho ha operado en el
proceso de integración europea como premisa y motor de constitu-
cionalización, acaso como la única vía posible de consolidación de un
edif‌icio jurídico carente de institucionalización en su sentido jurídi-
co-especulativo. Lo cierto es que, de forma temprana y esencialmente
implícita, la noción emerge como vertebradora del sistema jurídico
europeo al enderezarlo hacia la efectiva protección jurisdiccional de
derechos subjetivos en el tándem van Gend en Loos y Costa v. ENEL.
Pero más allá de la utilidad que la incorporación o trasplante de esta
lógica pudiera aportar en términos de funcionamiento del sistema
jurídico europeo y de potenciador de su legitimidad, la asunción del
Estado de Derecho se manif‌iesta como ineludible para la propia pre-
servación del proceso en la medida en que, como ocurre con otros va-
lores como el respeto de derechos fundamentales y la democracia, se
evidencia como premisa de la convivencia con los órdenes constitu-
cionales. Tengo la impresión de que justamente en este enraizamiento
con los edif‌icios constitucionales de los Estados miembros es donde
radica la fortaleza de la noción y los efectos no solo iusgenerativos,
sino incluso correctores de la normatividad primaria. Creo que es ahí

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