SUPREMACY OF THE EUROPEAN LAW OVER THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE MEMBER STATES: THE ANALYSIS OF THE JUDGEMENT IN THE KUCUKDEVECI CASE

Autorica u radu prikazuje razvoj nadređenosti općih načela prava kroz praksu Europskog suda s posebnim osvrtom na presudu Kucukdeveci vezanu uz zaštitu temeljnih prava i sloboda putem konstitucionalizacije općih načela prava. U radu se nadalje analizira prethodno pitanje ustavnosti u Francuskoj i njegov sukob s europskim pravom kao i presuda u spojenim predmetima Aziz Melki i Selim Abdeli u kojoj Europski sud daje odgovor na pitanje o tom sukobu. Ključno pitanje na koje će u radu autorica pokušati odgovoriti je: koje pravo ( nacionalno ili europsko) u praksi treba imati primat u primjeni.This article is a short overview of the supremacy of the general principles of law in the case law of the European Court of Justice with special emphasis to the Kucukdeveci case that deals with the protection of the fundamental rights and constitutionalisation of general principles of law. Article will analyse the constitutional changes in France and priority questions on constitutionality. Further analysis will cover joined cases Aziz Melki and Selim Abdeli and the European Court of Justice answer in the question of consistency of the priority questions on constitutionality mechanism with EU law. Finally, author will try to answer the question: is EU law in practice and today’s reality supreme to the national law