nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220610-032725-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220609s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220610-032725-0 doi eng 342 23 Violante, Teresa Author aut How the Data Retention Legislation Led to a National Constitutional Crisis in Portugal Violante, Teresa Verfassungsblog 2022-06-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Some weeks ago, the Portuguese Constitutional Court (PCC) triggered a heated political debate on the need to amend the Constitution to grant criminal investigative authorities access to metadata on personal communications. Whilst disagreements between the political branches and the constitutional jurisdiction are common, this conflict is located at a wider critical juncture that intersects EU and national constitutional law, the CJEU, the domestic constitutional court, and ordinary courts. CC BY-SA 4.0 Constitutional Review Portuguese Constitutional Court primacy of EU law Simmenthal solange jurisdiction Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-the-data-retention-legislation-led-to-a-national-constitutional-crisis-in-portugal/ raw object