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Studia Iuridica

FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN THE MEMBER STATES – THE LIMITS OF EUROPEAN UNION COMPETENCES AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF

2026, 110, Numer 1

Kamil Kapica

0000-0002-5932-4953

University of Warsaw

DOI

10.31338/2544-3135.si.2025-110.8

Data publikacji

30.06.2026

Model publikowania

open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Dziedzina nauk prawnych

Dyscyplina

nauki prawne

Język publikacji

Angielski

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Abstrakt

The purpose of this article is to analyse the scope of the European Union’s regulatory and supervisory powers regarding elections, both within the scope of the European Union law, i.e., elections to the European Parliament and municipal elections as well as outside its scope, such as parliamentary or presidential elections. The article on the recent developments of EU authorities regarding the protection of electoral processes attempts to unify standards across Member States, as well as to expand current competences. The analysis thereby seeks to anticipate whether, in the current state of development of EU law, a violation of the principle of free and fair elections can amount to a breach of Article 2 TEU and the values expressed therein.

Słowa kluczowe:

electoral law,European Convention of Human Rights,Article 2 TEU,founding values of EU law,Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights

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