Time and again, the German discourse on European legal matters has facilitated the charge that it attempts to create a German-dominated space, even after World War II. Armin von Bogdandy and Verfassungsblog have asked a number of eminent scholars and practitioners of constitutional and EU law in Europe and beyond to share their thoughts on whether or not German legal hegemony is, in fact, a matter of concern in contemporary EU law, and, if so, what could and should be done about it.
The symposium has been published first and can still be accessed on the Verfassungsblog (https://verfassungsblog.de/category/debates/german-legal-hegemony-debates/).
Keywords: Europe, Germany, Hegemony, Equality, EU Law, Comparative Law, German Federal Constitutional Court, ultra vires, PSPP
von Bogdandy, Armin and Çalı, Başak and Cassese, Sabino and Cruz Villalón, Pedro and Halberstam, Daniel and Iancu, Bogdan and Jakab, András and Queralt Jimenez, Maria Argelia and Keller, Helen and Bates, Sebastian and Lenaerts, Koen and Miller, Russell and Pollicino, Oreste and Sarmiento, Daniel and Śledzińska-Simon, Anna and Sonnevend, Pál and Steinbeis, Maximilian and Vauchez, Antoine and Weiler, J.H.H. and Wyrzykowski, Miroslaw, German Legal Hegemony? (November 9, 2020). Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2020-43, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 687, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3727378 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3727378