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.
In
the
logic
of
the
“
twin
judgments
”
,
the
Convention
could
not
even
provide
a
higher
degree
of
protection
than
the
Constitution
,
but
only
a
“
guarantee
of
fundamental
rights
at
least
equivalent
to
the
level
guaranteed
by
the
Italian
Constitution
”
(
“
una
tutela
dei
diritti
fondamentali
almeno
equivalente
al
livello
garantito
dalla
Costituzione
italiana
”
)
[
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]
.
The
Convention
thus
remained
an
external
source
of
law
that
should
not
imperil
the
unity
of
the
Constitution
.
While
the
Constitutional
Court
had
to
strike
a
reasonable
balance
between
the
international
law
obligations
,
including
Convention
obligations
,
and
the
safeguarding
of
constitutionally
protected
interests
contained
in
other
provisions
of
the
Constitution
,
the
primacy
of
Convention
law
over
statute
law
was
ensured
solely
through
the
means
of
Article
117
§
1
of
the
Constitution
,
and
the
Convention
provisions
as
well
as
the
Court
’s
judgments
interpreting
them
should
be
perceived
as
“
external
facts
”
in
relation
to
the
Italian
legal
order
.
The
old
-
fashioned
dualism
à
la
Anzilotti
remained
alive
,
the
Convention
being
clearly
placed
under
the
scrutiny
of
the
Constitutional
Court
,
as
any
other
law[57
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