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Even if it's EU regulation? My experience is that you get told that EU regulation and international treaties are "above our national democratic/justice system",
by uyzstvqs 1y ago
Even if it's EU regulation? My experience is that you get told that EU regulation and international treaties are "above our national democratic/justice system", and that we can't do anything about it.
- klinch 1y agoIANAL - but when EU regulation and national law regarding civil rights conflict then the citizen has the "union set" of all guaranteed rights. Or in other words: A member state can grant additional civil rights (on top of the EU charta) but can't take them away.
- nickslaughter02 1y agoThat's how it works. > Primacy of European Union law > European law has priority over any contravening national law, including the constitution of a member state itself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law
- 3np 1y agoGermany specifically seems to have an out if it comes down to it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law#Germany https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_la...