Abstract:Constitutional identity has been viewed with suspicion by a number of orthodox EU law scholars. That suspicion is understandable in the light of the German approach to the issue of constitutional conflicts. The Bundesverfassungsgericht, which often sets the tone among constitutional courts in Europe, indeed tends to solve those conflicts on the sole basis of the Basic Law, with little consideration for EU law, thereby discrediting constitutional identity. This paper aims to show, against a background of compre… Show more
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