유럽연합 내에서 기본권보장 체계 변화 - 독일연방헌법재판소 잊힐 권리 I·II 결정 내용을 중심으로 -

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The German Federal Constitutional Court(FCC) tried to make structural changes to the guarantee of fundamental rights in the enforcement of EU law through the decision of the Right to be Forgotten I and II in November 2019. FCC argued that it was possible to control the violation of fundamental rights that occurred during the enforcement of EU law. The basis for the FCC to control to the violation of fundamental rights is the lack of protection of fundamental rights through the domestic courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union(CJEU). On the other hand, the FCC must actively cooperate in EU integration in accordance with the responsibilities of integration under Article 23 of the German Federal Constitution(GG). The FCC can proactively guarantee basic rights through the constitutional complaint adjudication system procedurally when there is a problem of violation of fundamental rights in the enforcement of EU law. This is because the basic rights that can be remedied through the constitutional complaint system include not only German basic rights but also EU fundamental rights. The FCC applies Germany's basic rights as a standard for examination to norms that EU law grants to member states margin of appreciation. The reason that EU law allowed member states to have discretion is because it recognized the guarantee of various basic rights of member states. The application of German basic rights is premised on the common guarantee of EU fundamental rights. Second, in the area where EU law is completely unified, the FCC applies EU fundamental rights as a criterion to judge whether fundamental rights are infringed. In this case, EU fundamental rights are limited to cases where sufficiently clear contents can be confirmed through the precedents of the CJEU or European Court of Human Rights(ECtHR). If the uniformity of EU law or the content of EU fundamental rights is unclear, the FCC proposes a preliminary ruling to the CJEU to resolve the issue. This change in the position of the FCC reflects the situation in which, due to the development of EU law, the FCC cannot play the vital role of a bastion or protector of fundamental rights in the EU through a passive response to EU law. On the other hand, such a change in the position of the FCC also includes the possibility of enhancing cooperation with CJEU in the guarantee of the fundamental rights in EU.

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