http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/d1fb8a1ea0c31856 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-long-and-winding-road/ The Long and Winding Road - The Data Retention Discipline in the European Union Between Judicial Intervention and Legislative Resistance Formici, Giulia eng 2024-11-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CJEU Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union ECJ EU EU Charta EuGH European Union Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Voratsdatenspeicherung privacy Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Europäischer Gerichtshof | Luxemburg (Stadt) Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The Court of Justice’s Quadrature du Net judgements mark another key moment in the complex and long-lasting legal debate on mass data retention in the European Union. This blogpost critically discusses the “constitutionalisation path” outlined by the EU Judges as well as the fragmented roads taken by Member States, with specific attention to Italy. Ultimately, it demonstrates the need for a decisive EU legislators’ intervention, able to draw the future path of data retention regimes.