Shopping Lists and Steppingstones
The member states of the Council of Europe today, in Chișinǎu, Moldova, have agreed on a new Declaration to reform the European Convention of Human Rights. It contains a pick-and-mix of instructions to the Court on how it should reduce the current protections, relativize absolute provisions, and give states more leeway to do what they wish in various contexts. Getting too legal and technical might, however, miss the real point of the Chișinǎu Declaration. It might better be understood as a stepping stone to hardening domestic stances on migration and creating a common political position.
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Mirroring Society’s Struggles
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) stands as a central institution in the European legal and political landscape. Its judgments not only shape the trajectory of European integration but also reveal deeper EU Law Stories – ideological clashes, conflicting narratives and distributive consequences with the subtle emergence of winners and losers in each case. Yet, these dimensions often remain hidden behind the opaque language of the increasingly lengthy rulings and traditional doctrinal analysis.
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