Est. 1min 18-06-2004 (updated: 07-11-2012 ) Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Languages: Français | DeutschPrint Email Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram If the Constitution is adopted, the President of the European Court of Justice says it will rule on foreign policy and fundamental rights. Meanwhile, the French Constitutional Court has consecrated the primacy of European law. Read more with Euractiv Commission sets out six objectives for future research policyCreating European centres of excellence, establishing a European Research Council for basic research and boosting researchers' careers are among the proposed objectives for the next EU Framework Programme. Subscribe now to our newsletter EU Elections Decoded Email Address * Politics Newsletters BackgroundVassilios Skouris, President of the European Court of Justice told the Financial Times that the draft Constitution, which EU leaders hope to approve on 18 June, "will bring new areas and new subjects under the court's jurisdiction", such as foreign policy and the charter of fundamental rights. It would make the charter, a summary of basic European values endorsed as a political declaration by EU leaders at a summit in 2000, legally binding. The charter could have an impact on national industrial relations laws. The UK has always been wary of giving it legal force because it enshrines the right to strike (see ). Skouris added that judicial control over EU foreign policy would "be very limited by its nature" without excluding "that there could be questions of substance as well". However, the constitution will still have to be ratified by all 25 EU Member States if it is to enter into force. Meanwhile, the French Consitutional court has rendered a landmark judgement consecrating the primacy of European law. The constitutional judges agree that the European Court of Justice has the sole competence to -decide if a European law complies with the treaties and fundamental rights. They added that a law transposing a European directive can only be censured if it is manifestly contrary to the French constitution. Judges had postponed the publication of their ruling - initially envisaged on 10 June - so as not to interfere with the EP elections.
