Not With a Bang But a Whimper - Has Constitutional Supremacy in Malta Drawn Its Guns on the Primacy of European Union Law?

Not With a Bang But a Whimper - Has Constitutional Supremacy in Malta Drawn Its Guns on the Primacy of European Union Law? Orlando-Salling, Jenny Author aut Text xx# 2023 Verfassungsblog 2023-08-22 eng The European Union’s smallest Member State saw a significant decree delivered on primacy last month. Yet, even domestically, this bomb exploded in the middle of a desert; little to no noise came of it nationally or at the EU level. On the face of it, this is undoubtedly a major legal development – the first of its kind since Malta’s EU accession in 2004. The flawed interpretation offered by the Court says much about the fundamental importance of constitutional reform and is not, as such, a sign of institutional anti-EU sentiment… yet. However, as the main (and practically only) media report on the case concluded, what happens next is anyone’s guess. Constitutional reform in Malta must be put squarely back on the table before it’s too late. CC BY-SA 4.0 Orlando-Salling, Jenny Constitutional Supremacy EU Malta primacy of EU law separation of powers 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20230822-182903-0 230822 10.17176/20230822-182903-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)