Tożsamość narodowa jako czynnik kształtujący relacje pomiędzy Unią Europejską a państwami członkowskimi

Abstract

National identity in the legal terms is understood as constitutional identity. It conditions the relationships between the European Union and its Member States. Referring to the constitutional identity makes possible for the constitutional courts of the Member States to define the boundaries for the permeation of the European Union law into national legal orders. National identity is a vast formula enabling the effective protection of constitutional values within the meaning of inviolable constitutional cores of the Member States. Equally significant is the fact that the respect for national identities is a commitment, which the European Union has assumed for itself. The article aims at outlining the evolution of relations between the European Union and its Member States within the context of national identities in the light of the case law of the constitutional courts of the Member States.