The rule of law means that law and justice are upheld by an independent judiciary. The judgments of the European Court of Justice have to be respected by all. To undermine them, or to undermine the independence of national courts, is to strip citizens of their fundamental rights. The rule of law is not optional in the European Union. It is a must.
Interpretation
The rule of law emphasizes the importance of an independent judiciary to uphold justice and protect citizens' rights.
This quote by Jean-Claude Juncker underscores the fundamental principle that for justice and legal rights to be maintained, the judiciary must operate independently from external influences. It stresses that in the European Union, adherence to the rule of law is essential for safeguarding the rights of citizens, and any action that undermines judicial independence threatens the very framework of rights and justice in society.
In practice
In a speech advocating for human rights, to emphasize the necessity of a strong judiciary.
I believe that if we don't offer legal ways of emigrating to Europe and immigrating within Europe, we will be lost. If those who come - who are, generally speaking, the poor and needy - are no longer able to enter the house of Europe through the front door, they'll keep making their way in through the back windows.
Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.
If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday, then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.
Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of these ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries - but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.
The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.
After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life.
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it.
Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.
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