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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d4818689aa02e14d https://verfassungsblog.de/simmenthal-in-strasbourg/ Simmenthal in Strasbourg - The European Court of Human Rights as a Guardian of EU Law Vanspauwen, Casper eng 2026-01-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CJEU ECtHR EU EU Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Simmenthal EU Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy, the ECtHR delivered its judgment on 27 November 2025. For the first time, the ECtHR required domestic courts of EU Member States to set aside national legislation that is incompatible with EU law, thereby aligning itself with the strand of case-law of the CJEU dating back to Simmenthal II (1978). While this alignment with EU law is to be welcomed in principle, the way in which the ECtHR assessed the legal consequences arising from the CJEU’s prior judgment is doctrinally questionable.