TFL Vsebine / Revija Revus

Prispevek se dotika vprašanj, povezanih s položajem slovenskega ustavnega sodstva v okviru Evropske unije. V tem okviru obravnava možna stikanja med nacionalnim ustavnim pravom in evropskim pravom, še posebej pa se dotika vprašanj, na katera bo moralo odgovoriti Ustavno sodišče, ko se bo znašlo v »primežu evropskega prava«. Temeljna misel prispevka je, da se bo delovanje Ustavnega sodišča vsekakor gibalo med dvema skrajnostma: na eni strani bo v območju omejene suverenosti priča pritisku evropskih institucij in predvsem Sodišča ES, ki delujejo v imenu načela enotnosti evropskega prava in ki praviloma ne bodo dovoljevali bistvenih nacionalnih odstopanj. V luči učinkovitosti delovanja evropskega prava bo morala biti presoja Ustavnega sodišča nujno zadržana. Toda po drugi strani pa bo prav Ustavno sodišče moralo – upajmo, da čim manjkrat oziroma le v izjemnih primerih – »skrbeti« za ohranjanje nacionalne ustavnopravne identitete s tem, da bo pazilo, da evropsko pravi ne bi prekoračilo pooblastila, ki smo ga državljani Slovenije predali Evropi s prenosom dela suverenosti: namreč varstva človekovih pravic, pravne države in demokratičnih vrednot (vsaj) v bistveno enakem obsegu, kot ga določa naša Ustava.

The article deals with issues concerning the position of Slovenian constitutional review in the framework of the European Union. In this respect, it analyses possible junctures between national constitutional law and European law, in particular the issues which the Constitutional Court will need to address when it finally faces the effects of the European legal system. The basic idea of this article is that the Constitutional Court’s activities will be taking place between two extremes: on the one hand, in the area of limited sovereignty the Court will be facing the activities of European institutions and especially the European Court striving to preserve the principle of the uniformity of European law, which will not allow for essential national deviations. Thus, in light of the effectiveness of European law, the review of the Constitutional Court will need to be restrained. However, on the other hand, the Constitutional Court will be the authority which – hopefully as few times as possible or only in extraordinary cases – will be in charge of preserving national constitutional identity, in the sense that it will ensure that European law will not exceed those powers that the citizens of the Republic of Slovenia transferred to the European organizations: i.e. the protection of human rights, the rule of law and democratic values to at least some extent as provided by our Constitution.