THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS
At the end of October 2021, the European Commissioner for Equality issued a highly controversial document with internal guidelines for all future communications, oral or written, of the European Commission. What triggered the public outcry and led to the withdrawal of these guidelines under the pret...
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| description | At the end of October 2021, the European Commissioner for Equality issued a highly controversial document with internal guidelines for all future communications, oral or written, of the European Commission. What triggered the public outcry and led to the withdrawal of these guidelines under the pretext they were a mere work in progress, was the use of hotly debated, contentious notions such as systemic racism, gender neutrality or preferred pronouns. This case is but one of the most recent examples of what we consider to be a normative push to change values and mentalities in the EU, by altering the language used in official communications and legislative drafting. The present article explores the underlying premises of this normative push through soft and hard law instruments, in connection to the core values of the European Union, centered on the protection of human rights, and currently shaped by the sociopolitical developments coming from the USA. After a brief overview of these new ideological trends, in addition to the matter of the European Commissioner’s guidelines, several cases illustrating the national response to these trends from individual Member States will be analyzed as well. The final section of the paper will highlight several potential risks in introducing such value-charged notions without public debate and public consensus, even if it is all done in the name of equality and inclusiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-02a36336a5fa40c0a098379caaf27f7b2024-12-02T07:30:13ZengNicolae Titulescu University Publishing HouseChallenges of the Knowledge Society2068-77962022-06-01151332338THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDSMonica Florentina POPA0MBA, Faculty of Law, University of BucharestAt the end of October 2021, the European Commissioner for Equality issued a highly controversial document with internal guidelines for all future communications, oral or written, of the European Commission. What triggered the public outcry and led to the withdrawal of these guidelines under the pretext they were a mere work in progress, was the use of hotly debated, contentious notions such as systemic racism, gender neutrality or preferred pronouns. This case is but one of the most recent examples of what we consider to be a normative push to change values and mentalities in the EU, by altering the language used in official communications and legislative drafting. The present article explores the underlying premises of this normative push through soft and hard law instruments, in connection to the core values of the European Union, centered on the protection of human rights, and currently shaped by the sociopolitical developments coming from the USA. After a brief overview of these new ideological trends, in addition to the matter of the European Commissioner’s guidelines, several cases illustrating the national response to these trends from individual Member States will be analyzed as well. The final section of the paper will highlight several potential risks in introducing such value-charged notions without public debate and public consensus, even if it is all done in the name of equality and inclusiveness.http://cks.univnt.ro/download/cks_2022_articles%252F3_CKS_2022_PUBLIC_LAW%252FCKS_2022_PUBLIC_LAW_022.pdfthe european commissionsoft lawlegislationhuman rightsequalityinclusiongender-neutral language |
| spellingShingle | Monica Florentina POPA THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS Challenges of the Knowledge Society the european commission soft law legislation human rights equality inclusion gender-neutral language |
| title | THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS |
| title_full | THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS |
| title_fullStr | THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS |
| title_short | THE NORMATIVE PUSH TOWARDS INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE EU, ITS UNDERLYING PREMISES AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS |
| title_sort | normative push towards inclusion in the legal and administrative language within the eu its underlying premises and potential hazards |
| topic | the european commission soft law legislation human rights equality inclusion gender-neutral language |
| url | http://cks.univnt.ro/download/cks_2022_articles%252F3_CKS_2022_PUBLIC_LAW%252FCKS_2022_PUBLIC_LAW_022.pdf |
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