When National Courts Say No - Gondert v. Germany and the Duty to Give Reasons Hilpold, Peter Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-9947-3972 Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-01-02 eng
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 On 16 December 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in Gondert v. Germany. At the centre of the dispute lies the duty to give reasons. In the triangular relationship between EU law, the ECHR, and national legal orders, the duty to state reasons plays a catalytic role: without adequate reasons, the much-cited “dialogue between courts” cannot operate as genuine dialogue. Gondert improves matters to some extent, but it cannot by itself remedy the deeper structural weaknesses that shape how that dialogue functions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Hilpold, Peter CJEU duty to give reasons ECtHR FCC 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/gondert-v-germany-ecthr-judgment/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/8dcee174b6e28c9d 260102 10.59704/8dcee174b6e28c9d Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)