nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/c75169989755f615 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241031s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/c75169989755f615 doi eng 342 23 Sandri, Emilia Author aut Fundamental Rights Come Off the Bench - Manifest Breaches of Fundamental Rights as a Public Policy Exception in the Real Madrid Case Sandri, Emilia Verfassungsblog 2024-10-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In 2014, the European Court of Justice clearly prioritised the EU’s position on the unity and effectiveness of EU law over the protection of fundamental rights (Opinion 2/13). Ten years later, in October 2024, a judgment pitting football against the media seems to have turned the tables. In Real Madrid vs Le Monde, the Court held that excessive defamation damages may breach the freedom of the press and trigger the public policy exception. This is a significant shift, prioritising fundamental rights protection over the traditional objective of seamless judicial cooperation across the EU. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union ECJ EU EU Charta EuGH European Union Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Human Rights Rule of Law (DE-588)4619834-9 gnd Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)5103273-9 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/fundamental-rights-come-off-the-bench/ raw object