23 September 2017
The Party of the Extreme Normal
On normalitarians in the Bundestag and a number of other more or less worrisome matters constitutional. Continue reading >>
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16 September 2017
Macron or Juncker
On polarity, voting and whirling about in Angela Merkel's kettle of pragmatism. Continue reading >>09 September 2017
Walking out on us
On Hungary, Catalonia and other domestic or international matters of discontent Continue reading >>29 July 2017
Beyond Dublin
On balls, fields, books and Möbius strips of constitutional and non-constitutional nature. Continue reading >>
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26 July 2017
Zäune bauen in Luxemburg
Angela Merkel wird mit der heutigen Grundsatzentscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs in Sachen Flüchtlingsschutz gut leben können. Ihr Entschluss im Sommer 2015, die Grenzen für die Flüchtlinge aus Ungarn zu öffnen, war mitnichten der "eklatante Rechtsbruch", den die CSU mit Sekundanz allerhand prominenter Verfassungsjuristen immer behauptet hatte. Das viel beschworene Selbsteintrittsrecht in Art. 17 Abs. 1 der Dublin-III-Verordnung war in den Augen des EuGH das Druckventil, das Deutschland in der Extremsituation 2015/16 wenn schon nicht öffnen musste, so doch durfte. Ansonsten aber bleibt es dabei: Humanitäre Krise hin oder her – wen die Staaten an der Außengrenze reinlassen, für den sind sie zuständig. Sollen sie halt Zäune bauen. Continue reading >>22 July 2017
Not to play along
On Poland, Spain and others crises constitutional, and how to deal with them. Continue reading >>18 July 2017
Human Rights Under Pressure: International Law in Times of Crisis
A panel discussion event by MPIL, streamed live on Verfassungsblog. Continue reading >>
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15 July 2017
Polish Courts are Our Courts
On Erdogan, Böhmermann, Kaczynski and other ticklish constitutional business. Continue reading >>13 July 2017
Statement by the former presidents of the Constitutional Tribunal: Andrzej Rzepliński, Marek Safjan, Jerzy Stępień, Bohdan Zdziennicki and Andrzej Zoll
Last November, the former presidents of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal issued a joint statement to protest against the subjugation of the Tribunal. Now, as the PiS government is about to effectively bring the entire judiciary under their control, they speak up again. Continue reading >>08 July 2017