nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211018-182946-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211018s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211018-182946-0 doi eng 342 23 Klamert, Marcus Author aut Rationalizing Supremacy Supremacy, effectiveness, and two standards of equality in EU law Klamert, Marcus Verfassungsblog 2021-10-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier For many years, supremacy has been rationalized by the European Court of Justice and in the literature mainly with arguments relying on the effectiveness of EU law and on its necessity for resolving conflicts between Union law and the laws of the Member States. In light of the most recent supremacy-related decisions by constitutional courts in Poland and Germany, these rationalizations seem to have lost their persuasive power. Instead of relying on effectiveness or the equality of Member States, supremacy should be seen as being mainly grounded in the individual-centred non-discrimination standard anchored in Article 18 TFEU. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Article 18 TFEU Direct Effect EU Law Supremacy Vorrang Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/rationalizing-supremacy/ raw object