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I'm not sure there's any "court ruling" of that sort. The only applicable case would be Wightman, which just confirms that revocation must be and “unequivocal a
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
I'm not sure there's any "court ruling" of that sort. The only applicable case would be Wightman, which just confirms that revocation must be and “unequivocal and unconditional decision” on accordance with a country's “own national constitutional requirements”.
You may be thinking of the Advocate General's initial opinion, which accepted that unilateral revocation would be possible only if it did not involve an "abusive practice", under which the idea of revocation followed be immediate re-notification might be considered "abusive". However, no reference to this appears in the final judgement of the CJEU.
- gmueckl 8y agoPlease see the quote in my other response. In a way, the criteria are much harder: the withdrawal must the end of the endeavor to leave the EU. That is, if Britain withdraws, then only if it is the end of Brexit. They could not that with the intent to continue exit negotiations.