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.
In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.
The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line: the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea.
Each of us lives within the universe - the prison - of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers, in groups uniquely adapted to sample the energetic states of the world around us: heat, light, force, and chemical composition. That is all we ever know of it directly; all else is logical inference.
Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.
Perhaps you're not finished with your story, and who knows if you'll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it's not that important.
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
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