nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3a3a4cb3cd0307a9 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260702s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3a3a4cb3cd0307a9 doi eng 342 23 Weber, Ferdinand Author aut Lines and Limits of Collective Singularism in European Public Law Weber, Ferdinand Verfassungsblog 2026-07-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The EU needs to position itself amid rough geopolitical currents and withstand inner contestations. A concept such as European society, which aims to foster a better sense of belonging, deserves support. But pushing things forward via legal engineering may cause questionable shifts. This contribution contrasts previous historical episodes of collective singularism with the latest efforts to judge and write the EU into a new era of constitutionalism. In particular, I show that they reach a natural limit: primary law’s other basic norms. CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 2 TEU Commission v Hungary EU Constitutionalism European Society Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/lines-and-limits-of-collective-singularism-in-european-public-law/ raw object