COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Eu law

Court of Justice reaffirms primacy of EU law and recalls that it alone is empowered to declare an EU act invalid

Brussels, 23/02/2022 (Agence Europe)

European Union law precludes a national rule whereby national courts are not entitled to examine the conformity with EU law of national legislation that has been found to be constitutional by a judgment of the Member State’s constitutional court, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled on Tuesday 22 February (Case C-430/21).

Despite a CJEU ruling in May 2021(see EUROPE B12721A30), the Romanian Constitutional Court refuses to comply with EU law and to deviate from previous judgments in...