On Thursday, 10 September, the advocate general proposed that the Court of Justice of the European Union should rule that the Flemish law prohibiting the slaughter of animals without stunning, including particular methods of slaughter prescribed by religious rites, is not permitted under EU law (Case C-336/19).
In his Opinion, Advocate General Gerard Hogan also points out that Member States may adopt stricter rules than those contained in EU law. However, the advocate general judges...