2026-04-29 12:03 UTC
For the first time, the CJEU applied Article 2 TEU as an autonomous review standard.
LENA KAISER (lenasophiek.bsky.social) sees it as "heavy artillery with light reasoning" and rejoins Benedikt Riedl’s critical analysis.
https://verfassungsblog.de/heavy-artillery-light-reasoning/
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@Veza85UE@eupolicy.social 2026-04-29 16:39
@verfassungsblog@legal.social Eh... she also skewers Riedl's shoddy critical analysis. "The argument made by Riedl here – without mapping the full scope of a debate well-documented in the literature – reduces a complex and multilayered discussion to an overly schematic account that obscures its inherent tension. The argument that Article 7 TEU intentionally assigns enforcement of EU values exclusively to the European Council is not self-evident from the text of the Treaty and cannot simply be assumed..."