nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220110-195203-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220110s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220110-195203-0 doi eng 342 23 Selejan-Gutan, Bianca Author aut Who’s Afraid of the „Big Bad Court”? Selejan-Gutan, Bianca Verfassungsblog 2022-01-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The end of 2021 brought a new chapter in the saga of how should the primacy of the EU law be applied by Romanian courts. A press release of the Romanian Constitutional Court, issued on 23 December 2021, raised concerns about the conformity with the principles set forth in the case law of the CJEU regarding the primacy. The press release, albeit a non-legal document, might have a dissuasive effect upon the judges who would be, otherwise, willing to disapply some norms of internal law, according to the latest judgment of the CJEU on the matter. In Romania, the disregard of the decisions of the Constitutional Court can be a ground for disciplinary action against judges. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Disciplinary Proceedings judicial independence Romanian Constitutional Court Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/whos-afraid-of-the-big-bad-court/ raw object