Historische Zäsur für den Rechtsstaat
Die zweitägige mündliche Verhandlung am 11. und 12. Oktober 2021 zu den Klagen von Ungarn und Polen (verb. Rs. C- 156/21; C-157/21) vor dem Plenum des EuGH gegen die Verordnung 2020/2092 des...
View ArticleResolution No. 04/2021
The Committee on Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, being a democratic representative of scientists conducting research in the field of legal science, declares that the ruling of the...
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After the Explosion
I have been thinking of Chernobyl a lot in the last few days since 7 October 2021. Something big has blown up. What exactly? We don’t know yet, but in any case it was more than just a piece of the...
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Nach der Explosion
Ich musste in den letzten Tagen seit dem 7. Oktober 2021 oft an Tschernobyl denken. Da ist etwas Großes in die Luft geflogen. Was genau? Wir wissen es noch nicht, aber es war jedenfalls mehr als nur...
View ArticleThis Was Not Just Another Ultra Vires Judgment!
A few days ago, 27 retired judges of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal have issued a statement concerning the judgment K 3/21 of 7 October 2021. We are both among its signatories. With this article,...
View ArticleDie andere Rechtsstaatlichkeitskrise
An der polnisch-belarussischen Grenze spielt sich ein Drama der Rechtsmissachtung ab, inzwischen mit mehreren Toten. Es ist dies die andere, leisere Rechtsstaatlichkeitskrise: die des entgegen klarer...
View ArticleThe Deadly Woods
Since August 2021, hundreds of people have attempted, and many have succeeded, to irregularly cross the border from Belarus to Poland. In retaliation, they are pushed back to Belarus by Polish...
View ArticleWarum das Zwangsgeld gegen Polen die Glaubwürdigkeit der EU stärken wird
Am 27. Oktober 2021 verhängte der EuGH mit Beschluss seiner Vizepräsidentin ein Strafgeld in Höhe von 1 Million Euro pro Tag gegen Polen, weil sich der Staat bisher konsequent geweigert hatte, die...
View ArticleEin Ausschluss aus der EU ist als Ultima-Ratio-Maßnahme möglich
Am 7. Oktober 2021 hat das polnische Verfassungsgericht eine Entscheidung erlassen, die sich nur mit dem Zünden einer Bombe vergleichen lässt.1)Polnisches Verfassungsgericht, Entscheidung vom 7....
View ArticleNo Surrender to Poland
In the European battle over the independence of Polish courts, surrender of wanted persons according to the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) has been a minor but important front. Last week, a district...
View ArticleExclusion from the EU is Possible as a Last Resort
On 7 October 2021, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal issued a decision that can only be compared to setting off a bomb.1)Polish Constitutional Court, Decision of 7 October 2021, No. K 3/21. The...
View ArticleA(nother) lost opportunity?
The October meeting of the European Council (EUCO) was its first occasion to react to the declaration by the Polish “Constitutional Tribunal” (“Trybunał Konstytucyjny” – TK), that several provisions of...
View ArticleA More Complex Union
On 7 October 2021 the Polish Constitutional Tribunal controversially issued a judgment (K 3/21) that rejected the primacy of the European law and key tenets of European primary law (Articles 1, 2, 4(3)...
View ArticleStating the Obvious
On September 16th, the first section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in the case X v. Poland (no. 20741/10) that the denial of custody of a child must not be based on the sexual...
View Article(Il-)Legal Gymnastics by Poland and Hungary in EU Border Procedures
This week, Poland has made headlines yet again for dispatching 12,000 guards to the border between Poland and Belarus and the use of tear gas to prevent third country nationals (TCNs), including...
View ArticlePlaumann and the Rule of Law
Readers of Verfassungsblog will be well aware of the latest developments in the ongoing rule of law crisis; most recently, the CJEU sanctioned Poland with daily penalty payments for failing to suspend...
View ArticleTowards Gilead
Just over one year ago, the Constitutional Court (CC) of Poland banned abortion in cases of fetal malformations. The implications of the ruling are much more far-reaching than the actual abortion ban...
View ArticleChronicle of a Death Foretold
The natural reaction of lawyers to even the most complex legal challenges is the readiness to submit realistic, lawful proposals for solutions. In the case of the Polish-Belarusian border crisis...
View ArticleOn A Road to Nowhere
On Wednesday 24 November the Polish Constitutional Tribunal will, once again, review the extent to which existing international legal obligations, that were freely entered into by the Republic of...
View ArticleThe Honest (though Embarrassing) Coming-out of the Polish Constitutional...
(1) In its judgment K 6/21 (24.11.2021), the Polish Constitutional Tribunal declared Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights to be unconstitutional: (a) „to the extent that the term...
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