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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/8dcee174b6e28c9d https://verfassungsblog.de/gondert-v-germany-ecthr-judgment/ When National Courts Say No - Gondert v. Germany and the Duty to Give Reasons Hilpold, Peter eng 2026-01-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CJEU duty to give reasons ECtHR FCC Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.