Abstract
In 2019, 130 judgments were delivered by the Court of Justice in which at least one question referred to the interpretation and/or the application of the provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. While the solutions provided by the Court remain very heterogeneous depending on individual cases and remedies, two–almost contradictory–trends can be observed. On the one hand, the Charter is gradually revealing its potential beyond its most commonly invoked provisions (respect for private and family life, protection of personal data or right to an effective remedy), for example consumer protection (Article 38) or access to services of general economic interest (Article 36). On the other hand, and despite its potential, the Charter is still doubly limited: firstly, by the very variable scope of its provisions, and notably social rights, aggravated in our view by the Poplawski case, and secondly, by the fluctuating interpretation of the Court with regard to the scope of application of the Charter itself in the implementation of EU law by Member States.