nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7358a78a87defdb7 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260122s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7358a78a87defdb7 doi eng 342 23 Lamprinoudis, Konstantinos Author aut Between Scylla and Charybdis - Reconciling the Greek Constitution and EU Law in the Council of State’s Judgment on Non-State Universities Lamprinoudis, Konstantinos Verfassungsblog 2026-01-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Can a national constitution guaranteeing public higher education allow private foreign universities? The Greek Council of State said yes, opening the way for the coexistence between public and private educational institutions. Even though the Council inappropriately resorted to an EU-conforming interpretation against the Constitution's wording and refused to request a preliminary ruling from the EU Court of Justice, its judgment is a prime example of “multilevel constitutionalism”. CC BY-SA 4.0 Court of Justice Court of Justice of the European Union Educational policy European Court of Justice European Union law Greece Griechenland (DE-588)4022047-3 gnd Griechenland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/greece-private-universities/ raw object