70 When in doubt, topics should be included

There are good arguments for the view that in case of doubt, topics should be included. Excluding too many topics will result in the CFR being a fragmented patchwork, thus replicating a major fault in existing EU legislation on a larger scale. Nor can there be any harm in a broad CFR. It is not legislation, nor even a proposal for legislation. It merely provides language and definitions for use, when needed, in the closely targeted legislation that is, and will probably remain, characteristic of European Union private law.