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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/2b2bfaa56c4b4ead https://verfassungsblog.de/a-constitutional-court-without-a-constitutional-compass/ A Constitutional Court without a Constitutional Compass - Reflections on Commission v Hungary van den Brink, Martijn eng 2026-04-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Art. 2 EUV Art. 2 TEU Commission v Hungary European Society Values Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The ruling in the case of the Commission v. Hungary was eagerly awaited by many, but it will have come as a surprise to few. Public statements by prominent members of the EU Court of Justice indicated a clear desire to extend the applicability of Article 2 TEU. The Court’s findings regarding the Commission’s pleas concerning infringements of the various acts of secondary law are well-motivated, but its reasoning on Article 2 TEU clearly demonstrates the suffocating grip of EU constitutional orthodoxy.