Articles for tag: Korruptionsbekämpfung, primacy

Goat, Cabbage and Wolf

According to a flurry of recent news, snowballed in almost identical form in the Western press, the Romanian Constitutional Court has ruled, just before Christmas, to deny the primacy of EU law. More often than not, analogies with Poland were made, glossing on surface similarities. The juxtaposition is misleading. As the late János Kornai put it, simply because we [i.e., countries in the hinterland, ces pays là-bas] are in the same hospital, that does not mean we suffer from the same sicknesses.

7. Januar 2022

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A Tale of Primacy, part III

The third act, but not the end, of the ongoing „game of Courts” between the Romanian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice came on 9 November 2021, with a letter by the Romanian Constitutional Court to assist the acting minister of justice with a reply to the EU Commission's concern about primacy of EU law. I will not comment again on the arguments, already developed by the Constitutional Court in its decision, but I will try to emphasize, through relevant quotes, the disregard of the rule of law requirements stated in the CJEU judgment as well as the absence of the capacity of a true dialogue with the European Court.

17. November 2021

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Rationalizing Supremacy

For many years, supremacy has been rationalized by the European Court of Justice and in the literature mainly with arguments relying on the effectiveness of EU law and on its necessity for resolving conflicts between Union law and the laws of the Member States. In light of the most recent supremacy-related decisions by constitutional courts in Poland and Germany, these rationalizations seem to have lost their persuasive power. Instead of relying on effectiveness or the equality of Member States, supremacy should be seen as being mainly grounded in the individual-centred non-discrimination standard anchored in Article 18 TFEU.

18. Oktober 2021

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Das letzte Wort ist ein entflogener Spatz

Etwas mehr als ein Jahr ist es her seit das Bundesverfassungsgericht die Rechtfertigung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für das Ankaufsprogramm der Europäische Zentralbank für Staatsanleihen als "nicht mehr nachvollziehbar und daher objektiv willkürlich" verworfen hat. Ob das EZB-Urteil letztendlich richtig oder falsch war, ist dabei eine müßige Frage. Es werden wahrscheinlich beide Seiten an ihrer Sichtweise festhalten. Deshalb ist interessanter, wie sich dieser Widerspruch rechtlich auflösen lässt. Drei Wege sind dafür denkbar.

21. Juli 2021

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A Tale of Primacy

In its 18 May ruling Asociația „Forumul Judecătorilor din România”, the ECJ took a solid stance on the primacy of EU law by recognizing the binding nature of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism established by the European Commission with respect to Romania in 2007. The judgment is a genuine guide to national courts on applying the primacy of EU law, especially as regards controversial issues such as the judicial independence and rule of law.

2. Juni 2021

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