This appears to be the only conclusion to be drawn from the real and underlying message of the piece, conveyed
by its final one - sentence
paragraph: «In short, Summorum Pontificum weakens the
unity of the Church
by failing to support the foundational insights of the Second Vatican Council»: the most «foundational» of all those insights, it goes without saying, being the absolute discontinuity between the preconciliar and post-conciliar Churches.
29 That said, where a court of a Member State is called upon to review whether fundamental rights are complied with
by a national provision or measure which, in a situation where action of the Member States is not entirely determined
by European Union law, implements the latter for the purposes of Article 51 (1) of the Charter, national authorities and courts remain free to apply national standards of protection of fundamental rights, provided that the level of protection provided for
by the Charter, as interpreted
by the Court, and the primacy,
unity and effectiveness of European Union law are not thereby compromised (see, in relation to the latter aspect, Case C - 399 / 11 Melloni [2013] ECR I - 0000,
paragraph 60).