nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200626-003649-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200625s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200626-003649-0 doi eng 342 23 Baudenbacher, Carl Author aut Loyalty vs. Sovereignty Some thoughts on the EFTA pillar of the EEA Baudenbacher, Carl Verfassungsblog 2020-06-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The German Constitutional Court’s Weiss ruling has led to a major debate as to whether a national supreme court may disregard ECJ case law, asserting that the ECJ had acted ultra vires. Similar debates have existed for quite some time in the EFTA pillar of the EEA, consisting of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. A relatively small but powerful group of lawyers in the Norwegian administration (led by the Government Attorney), orthodox dualist professors and judges loyal to the government has used Norway’s dominant position to attempt to redefine EEA law. One of the most effective strategies is the suppression of the notion of loyalty or good faith and its replacement by a strategy of creating “room for manoeuvre” (“RFM”) for Norway. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 EEA EFTA room for manoeuvre Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/loyalty-vs-sovereignty/ raw object