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Οι λαοί της Ευρώπης, εγκαθιδρύοντας μεταξύ τους μία διαρκώς στενότερη ένωση, αποφάσισαν να μοιραστούν ένα ειρηνικό μέλλον θεμελιωμένο σε κοινές αξίες. Η Ένωση, έχοντας επίγνωση της πνευματικής και ηθικής κληρονομιάς της, εδράζεται στις αδιαίρετες και οικουμενικές αξίες της αξιοπρέπειας του ανθρώπου, της ελευθερίας, της ισότητας και της αλληλεγγύης· ερείδεται στις αρχές της δημοκρατίας και του κράτους δικαίου. Η Ένωση τοποθετεί τον άνθρωπο στην καρδιά της δράσης της, καθιερώνοντας την ιθαγένεια της Ένωσης και δημιουργώντας ένα χώρο ελευθερίας, ασφάλειας και δικαιοσύνης.
Η Ένωση συμβάλλει στη διαφύλαξη και την ανάπτυξη αυτών των κοινών αξιών, σεβόμενη την πολυμορφία των πολιτισμών και των παραδόσεων των λαών της Ευρώπης καθώς και την εθνική ταυτότητα των κρατών μελών της και την οργάνωση της δημόσιας εξουσίας τους σε εθνικό, περιφερειακό και τοπικό επίπεδο. Επιδιώκει να προαγάγει ισόρροπη και αειφόρο ανάπτυξη και εγγυάται την ελεύθερη κυκλοφορία των προσώπων, των εμπορευμάτων, των υπηρεσιών και των κεφαλαίων καθώς και την ελευθερία εγκατάστασης.
Προς τον σκοπό αυτόν, είναι αναγκαίο να ενισχυθεί η προστασία των θεμελιωδών δικαιωμάτων, υπό το πρίσμα της εξέλιξης της κοινωνίας, της κοινωνικής προόδου και των επιστημονικών και τεχνολογικών εξελίξεων, καθιστώντας τα πιο αντιληπτά σε ένα Χάρτη.
Ο παρών Χάρτης επιβεβαιώνει, σεβόμενος τις αρμοδιότητες και τα καθήκοντα της Ένωσης, καθώς και την αρχή της επικουρικότητας, τα δικαιώματα που απορρέουν ιδίως από τις κοινές συνταγματικές παραδόσεις και τις διεθνείς υποχρεώσεις των κρατών μελών, την Ευρωπαϊκή Σύμβαση για την Προάσπιση των Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου και των Θεμελιωδών Ελευθεριών, τους Κοινωνικούς Χάρτες που έχουν υιοθετηθεί από την Ένωση και το Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης καθώς και από τη νομολογία του Δικαστηρίου της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και του Ευρωπαϊκού Δικαστηρίου των Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου. Εν προκειμένω, ο Χάρτης θα ερμηνεύεται από τα δικαστήρια της Ένωσης και των κρατών μελών, λαμβανομένων δεόντως υπόψη των επεξηγήσεων που καταρτίσθηκαν υπό την εποπτεία του Προεδρείου της Συνέλευσης που συνέταξε τον Χάρτη και αναπροσαρμόστηκαν υπ’ ευθύνη του Προεδρείου της Ευρωπαϊκής Συνέλευσης.
Η απόλαυση των δικαιωμάτων αυτών συνεπάγεται ευθύνες και καθήκοντα έναντι τόσο των τρίτων όσο και της ανθρώπινης κοινότητας και των μελλοντικών γενεών.
Κατά συνέπεια, η Ένωση αναγνωρίζει τα δικαιώματα, τις ελευθερίες και τις αρχές που ορίζονται κατωτέρω.

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