T1 Las violaciones del artículo 2 del Tratado de la Unión Europea y las dificultades de aplicación del artículo 7 del Tratado de la Unión Europea A1 Prada Mariño, Javier A2 Grado En Derecho K1 artículo 2 del Tratado de la Unión Europea K1 artículo 7 del Tratado de la Unión Europea K1 article 2 of the Treaty on European Union K1 article 7 of the Treaty on European Union AB In the European Union, as in any of its Member States, there are a numberof fundamental values whose fulfilment is indispensable. In this regard,such international organisation provides for the procedure under Article 7of the Treaty on European Union, which comprises two mechanisms: apreventive measure, which is triggered by a clear risk of seriousinfringement by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2 of theTreaty on European Union; and a sanctioning measure, for the occurrenceof a serious and persistent violation, which may result in the suspension ofthe right to vote in the Council of the European Union.Although the origin of their conflicts with the European Union dates backsome years, the passivity of Poland and Hungary in obeying the mandatesfrom Europe have reopened the debate on the application of the mentionedprecept. Thus, at the end of 2017, due to the crisis of the rule of law inPoland, the European Commission decided to initiate this procedure for thefirst time in Community history.More recently, in September 2018, the European Parliament adopted aresolution urging the Council of the European Union to use this tool withHungary for its violations of the rule of law.However, only a minimal part of the provisions of Article 7 of the Treatyon European Union has been applied. YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/14882 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/14882 LA es DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 28-mar-2024