nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d4818689aa02e14d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260113s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d4818689aa02e14d doi eng 342 23 Vanspauwen, Casper Author aut Simmenthal in Strasbourg - The European Court of Human Rights as a Guardian of EU Law Vanspauwen, Casper Verfassungsblog 2026-01-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU ECtHR EU EU Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Simmenthal (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)1003803-6 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/simmenthal-in-strasbourg/ raw object