| ▲ | uyzstvqs 3 days 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. | ||
| ▲ | nickslaughter02 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
That'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 | ||
| ▲ | klinch 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
IANAL - 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. | ||
| ▲ | 3np 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Germany specifically seems to have an out if it comes down to it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_la... | ||