What you said is true but not to the extent that you might think if you are used to the legal systems of countries like the USA or UK. Since Brexit, almost all

What you said is true but not to the extent that you might think if you are used to the legal systems of countries like the USA or UK. Since Brexit, almost all EU member countries follow the civil law system (the only member country following common law that I can think of is Ireland, not sure if there are others). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_legal_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_legal_systems Additionally, there is no official doctrine of precedent in EU Law per se https://academic.oup.com/book/32630/chapter-abstract/270526814?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://academic.oup.com/book/32630/chapter-abstract/2705268... TL;DR - the authority of the courts in Europe is not the same as in USA or in the Commonwealth countries.