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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d59729239a627f1f https://verfassungsblog.de/the-fragility-of-proportionality-review/ The Fragility of Proportionality Review - Egenberger Revisited Vickers, Lucy eng 2025-12-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Egenberger Religionsfreiheit freedom of religion religious freedom Religionsfreiheit Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The latest decision in Egenberger illustrates both the importance of the EU framework for protecting against discrimination on the grounds of religion, and at the same time its fragility. Since the CJEU decision, two German courts have taken turns at assessing the proportionality of the Church’s refusal to employ Ms Egenberger, with different results. The fact that two courts could consider the same facts and reach opposite conclusions without either seeming to have misapplied the law shows how flexible the law can be.