nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210616-193402-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210616s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210616-193402-0 doi eng 342 23 Graver, Hans Petter Author aut The Demise of Viking and Laval The Holship Ruling of the ECtHR and the Protection of Fundamental Rights in Europe Graver, Hans Petter Verfassungsblog 2021-06-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Viking and Laval, the ECJ reduced the right of trade unions to take collective action and made it subject to the requirements of the four freedoms, effectively undermining its recognition as a fundamental right according to EU law. This sent shockwaves through the trade unions of Europe. In its recent Holship ruling, the ECtHR has challenged this, with potentially wide-reaching implications for the relationship between the human rights and EU fundamental freedoms, seen from the perspective of Strasbourg. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Collective Action Freedom of Association Holship Laval Viking Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/holship/ raw object