Simmenthal in Strasbourg - The European Court of Human Rights as a Guardian of EU Law Vanspauwen, Casper Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-01-13 eng
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 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 Vanspauwen, Casper CJEU ECtHR EU EU Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Simmenthal EU Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/simmenthal-in-strasbourg/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/d4818689aa02e14d 260113 10.59704/d4818689aa02e14d Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)