nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210619-193004-3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210619s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210619-193004-3 doi eng 342 23 Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Author aut CJEU’s Independence and Lawful Composition in Question (Part V) Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Verfassungsblog 2021-06-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Sharpston Affair is over, at least as a matter of proceedings before the CJEU. The litigation had aimed at saving the CJEU’s dignity, but the opposite result has been achieved. At the critical juncture when the CJEU’s authority stands contested by the courts of established democracies, the phony panels of the ‘illiberal’ ones, as well as the immature in-betweens, the CJEU managed to pour oil into the fire and signed off its own lack of independence: when it is needed the most, its legitimacy is in the doghouse. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Eleanor Sharpston Rule of Law Butler, Graham Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/cjeus-independence-and-lawful-composition-in-question-part-v/ raw object