SUPREMACY OF EUROPEAN LAW AND POSSIBLE JUDICIAL REMEDIES IN REGARD TO THE ISSUE OF ROMANIA’S ACCESSION TO THE SCHENGEN AREA

The paper is intended to serve as a study of the present and most recent issues regarding the viability, applicability and consequences of enforceability of the principle of Supremacy of European Law. While the doctrine is not novel, certain measures taken by European and National authorities have shaped and altered this doctrine and have generated interesting legal issues. In this respect, the paper will focus on: (i) firstly, identifying and describing the basis, general concept and effects of embracing this doctrine; and (ii) secondly, bringing forward specific national and international issues of this doctrine in respect of Romania’s accession to the Schengen Area. In relation to this subject, with the aim of enhancing the overall knowledge of this topic, the authors analysed the issue in light of the judicial remedies available to Romania in the context of the manifested opposition of some European states that lead to the failure of the accession process of Romania to the Schengen Area.