Centre for Social Sciences Lendület-HPOPs Research Group

Ernő Várnay - Veronika Czina (translation)

The German Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) have been exchanging ‘messages’ for decades now. The German Constitutional Court is not just one among the other Member State constitutional courts. Being the constitutional court of a large founding Member State of the EU which possesses high intellectual and moral capital, the Karlsruhe body has been attracting the attention of other constitutional courts since decades, and it has been providing a ground for the political, legal and scientific discourse about constitutional relations between Member States.

Balazs Horvathy

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 October 2013 in Case C-137/12 European Commission v Council of the European Union

Monika Papp

Order of the European Court of Justice in Case C-430/13. Baradics on 16 January 2014

Monika Papp

Dr. Vince Cable opened his speech by noting that during the crisis, when there is an enormous pressure on governments to subsidize national industries, people with real integrity and strength to act and ability to establish clear rules are needed at the European level.  According to Cable, Mr. Joaquín Almunia performed well in this respect by establishing a clear framework on state aids and their enforcement.

Marton Varju

Judgment of the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 15 January 2014 in Case C-176/12 Association de médiation sociale