207Lastly, although it is true that, according to the settled case-law of the Court, fundamental rights, such as respect for the rights of the defence, which includes the right to be heard, do not constitute unfettered prerogatives and may be restricted, this is, however, on the condition that the restrictions in fact correspond to objectives of general interest pursued by the measure in question and that they do not entail, with regard to the objectives pursued, a disproportionate and intolerable interference which infringes upon the very substance of the rights guaranteed (judgment of 26 July 2017, Sacko, C‑348/16, EU:C:2017:591, paragraph 38 and the case-law cited).
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