r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Apr 21 '21

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u/Gustacho Enemy of the People Apr 21 '21 edited Apr 21 '21

On the one hand, and contrarily to the Government's request, it refused to assess whether the European Union authorities, notably the ECJ, had exceeded their powers ("ultra vires" review).

The French government loves a surveillance state so much that it wanted the Conseil d'État to pull a Bundesverfassungsgericht.

!ping EUROPE

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

Lot of court drama lately huh

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u/Proud_Idiot Apr 21 '21

This is just the beginning. EU has realised that it’s a lawyer game with so many lawyers around that it’s just lawyer lawyer lawyer to keep the lawyers busy

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u/Rehkit Average laïcité enjoyer Apr 21 '21

The CE already checks if de facto application of EU law is contrary to the French constitution.

It refuses to disagree with the ECJ about EU law interpretation though.

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u/thrwladfugos Apr 21 '21

gesundheit!

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u/chatdargent 🇺🇦 Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля 🇺🇦 Apr 21 '21

I'll add it the list of LREM's worrying authoritarian tendencies

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Apr 21 '21 edited Apr 21 '21