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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/337185a89146c666 https://verfassungsblog.de/when-caution-is-justified/ When Caution is Justified - The EU Court of Justice and the Right to Be Free from Religious Discrimination van den Brink, Martijn eng 2026-01-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Discrimination EU EU Neutrality Religious Fredom EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Little CJEU case law has been as fiercely criticised as that relating to the right to be free from religious discrimination. However, the CJEU recently found a sympathiser in Ronan McCrea. He argues that the approach is one of “justifiable caution”. Despite my disagreements with him, I believe that we must take McCrea’s position seriously to be able to develop a more fine-grained view of when caution is warranted. At the same time, I still firmly believe that the case law on religious clothing reveals deeply troubling attitudes toward Muslim women that have no place under anti-discrimination law.