Verfassungsblog

EU Citizenship’s New Essentialism

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the Maltese citizenship by investment violates EU law: ‘A programme of that sort amounts t…

Paula Escarameia

Paula Ventura de Carvalho Escarameia’s legacy extends beyond classical legal achievements. As a mentor and advocate of a new vision of the publi…

What happens after the Polish Elections?

Professor Sadurski, in your recently appeared book “Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown”, you show what tremendous damage the PiS government has w…

Stop Soros Law Left on the Books – The Return of the “Red Tail”?

The Hungarian Constitutional Court ruled on 28 February 2019 that the criminalization of “facilitating illegal immigration” – introduced by the…

A Tale of Two Unions

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany, the party of Adenauer, Kohl and Merkel, is, as the name suggests, a union: it joins what by itself wo…

The Hand on the Faucet

Cutting off the bad guys from their money supplies is a well-established policing strategy, but is it also the right way to sanction attacks on…