Proportionality is a key principle of EU law. However, in spite of procedural requirements intended to ensure the full integration of proportionality as a design principle in EU law, the European Union continues to pass disproportionate counterterrorism laws. If proportionality is a fundamental constitutional principle of the European Union, and if lawmaking processes at EU level have been designed expressly with this in mind, then why do the EU’s counterterrorism laws consistently raise issues of disproportionate interference with rights? Taking as a case study the passage of the EU Directive on Combating Terrorism, this article argues that at least part of the answer lies in the curtailment and adjustment, in the counterterrorism field, of lawmaking processes that are designed to be participatory, evidence-based, and informed by proportionality.

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欧盟反恐立法中的权利、相称性和程序

相称性是欧盟法律的一项重要原则。然而，尽管程序要求旨在确保将相称性完全纳入欧盟法律的设计原则，但欧盟继续通过不成比例的反恐法律。如果相称性是欧盟的一项基本宪法原则，并且如果欧盟层面的立法程序已经明确考虑到这一点，那么为什么欧盟的反恐法律会不断提出不成比例地干涉权利的问题？本文以欧盟打击恐怖主义指令的通过为案例研究，认为至少部分答案在于在反恐领域缩减和调整旨在参与性、以证据为基础的立法程序，并通过比例通知。