Recalibration of EU Internal Market law paradigms in light of the EU Green Deal

Abstract

This chapter discusses to what extent EU Internal Market law and its underlying legal rules and principles – also referred to as the core economic constitutional values or constitutional benchmarks – are sufficiently capable, resilient and future-proof to contribute to the transition of our current societies into sustainable societies. It is held that this is not necessarily so, and it thus suggested that a paradigm shift - as to how the market as an organizational principle should be regulated - is needed. It is furthermore explained how this could take place by placing much more emphasis on the principles of freedom, equality and solidarity, which are already serving as overarching principles of public economic law, and how they could be recalibrated to address the imminent ecological crisis.