63As regards the context, it should be borne in mind, first, that Article 10(1) TEU provides that the functioning of the Union is to be founded on the principle of representative democracy, which gives concrete form to the value of democracy referred to in Article 2 TEU (see, to that effect, judgment delivered today, Puppinck and Others v Commission, C‑418/18 P, paragraph 64).
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