Micro-Harmonisation of the Fundamental Right to An Effective Judicial Remedy in the Proposed Return Directive and Beyond : a Dangerous Path?

Title V of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) opens with the following statement: “the Union shall constitute an area of freedom security and justice with respect for fundamental rights and the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States.” This affirmation, contained in art. 67 TFEU sets the Union’s shared competence in the Area of freedom security and justice (‘AFSJ’) on a path of caution, immediately highlighting two features of the field: (i) its far reaching fundamental rights implications; and (ii) its potential for conflicts with national legal system