A vueltas con el ámbito de aplicación de la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la UE

Date01 January 2020
Author
Revista Española de Derecho Europeo
Núm. 73-74 | Enero – Junio 2020
pp. 13-20
Madrid, 2020
DOI: 10.37417/REDE/num73-74_2020_503
© Marcial Pons Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales
© Ricardo Alonso García
ISSN: 1579-6302
Recibido: dd/mm/aaa | Aceptado: dd/mm/aaaa
A VUELTAS CON EL ÁMBITO DE APLICACIÓN
DE LA CARTA DE LOS DERECHOS FUNDAMENTALES
DE LA UE
STRUGGLING WITH THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE
CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Ricardo Alonso García*
Como es sabido, la Carta de la Unión está destinada, ante todo, a marcar
los límites del poder público europeo frente a la persona (situada esta, tal y
como reza el Preámbulo, en el centro de la actuación de la Unión una vez
instituida su ciudadanía y creado el espacio de libertad, seguridad y justicia).
O lo que es igual, y con palabras del apartado 1 del art. 51, sus disposiciones
“están dirigidas a las instituciones, órganos y organismos de la Unión”.
Sentado lo cual, el entramado político y jurídico de la Unión prevé, junto
con la participación de los Estados miembros en el propio proceso decisorio
europeo a través de sus Gobiernos (representados en el Consejo) y, en me-
nor medida, de sus Parlamentos nacionales (principalmente, a los efectos
de controlar el respeto del principio de subsidiariedad), la intervención de
dichos Estados miembros en términos verticales, de complemento (norma-
tivo y aplicativo) de la actividad desplegada por el poder público, en sentido
estricto, europeo.
Y es en este contexto en el que adquiere su sentido la precisión añadida, en
el citado art. 53.1, de que las disposiciones de la Carta también vinculan a los
* Catedrático de Derecho Administrativo y de la UE de la Universidad Compluten-
se de Madrid. Decano. Correo-e: rag11562@ucm.es. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7619-6431.

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