Is the Lisbon Treaty the TFEU?
As from 1 December 2009, the Lisbon Treaty significantly revised (and renamed) the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the other principal EU Treaty. The TFEU sets out organisational and functional details of the European Union.
What is Article 6 TEU?
Article 6(ex Article 6 TEU) 1. The Union recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of 7 December 2000, as adapted at Strasbourg, on 12 December 2007, which shall have the same legal value as the Treaties.
What does TFEU mean in EU law?
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Can European citizens live anywhere in Europe?
As an EU citizen, you have the right to move to any EU country to live, work, study, look for a job or retire. You can stay in another EU country for up to 3 months without registering there but you may need to report your presence. The only requirement is to hold a valid national identity card or passport.
What are the 3 sources of EU law?
There are three sources of EU law: primary law, general principles of EU law and secondary law (detailed in the hierarchy of norms). The main sources of primary law are the treaties establishing the EU: the TEU, the TFEU and the Treaty on the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).
What is the latest EU treaty?
These main treaties (plus their attached protocols and declarations) have been altered by amending treaties at least once a decade since they each came into force, the latest being the Treaty of Lisbon which came into force in 2009.
What was in the Maastricht Treaty?
The treaty established a timeline for the creation and implementation of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The EMU was to include a common economic and monetary union, a central banking system, and a common currency.