nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210620-193010-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210620s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210620-193010-0 doi eng 342 23 Bohnert, Sophie Author aut Predictable and Unsatisfying The Sharpston Saga: The CJEU’s Orders in Cases C-684/20 P and C-685/20 P Bohnert, Sophie Verfassungsblog 2021-06-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Most EU lawyers have already seen it looming on the horizon: On 16 June 2021, former Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston lost the legal dispute against her former employer, the European Court of Justice. Although the outcome in this regard was predictable, the decision is overall somewhat unsatisfying. The CJEU seems to be of that opinion in finding that Sharpston’s mandate ended automatically with the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU. The Court does so without revealing its legal considerations and interpretation of EU primary law in its reasoning. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 AG Sharpston brexit CJEU Eleanor Sharpston Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/predictable-and-unsatisfying/ raw object