nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190523-172134-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190523s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190523-172134-0 doi eng 342 23 Borg-Barthet, Justin Author aut Is a Microstate about to Provide EU Rule of Law with its Van Gend Moment? Borg-Barthet, Justin Verfassungsblog 2019-05-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In fifteen years of EU membership, Maltese courts have been remarkably reluctant to refer questions of interpretation to the CJEU. This could be about to change in litigation which could have far-reaching consequences for the direct effect of member states’ rule of law and human rights obligations. The dispute raises important, novel questions concerning the extent to which EU law of a classical constitutional nature could be democratised in much the same manner as the law of the internal market was democratised through Van Gend. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 judicial independence Pace Axiaq Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/is-a-microstate-about-to-provide-eu-rule-of-law-with-its-van-gend-moment/ raw object