DIE 'ENTSCHEIDUNGSERHEBLICHKEIT' GEMASS ART. 267 ABS. 1 AEUV ALS INSTRUMENT DES BUNDESVERFASSUNGSGERICHTS ZUR STEUERUNG VON VORABENTSCHEIDUNGSERSUCHEN

In: Der Staat: Zeitschrift für Staatslehre und Verfassungsgeschichte, deutsches und europäisches öffentliches Recht, Band 53, Heft 4, S. 633-663

Abstract

There was much speculation about why the Federal Constitutional Court has not been submitted in the almost 60 years that the preliminary ruling procedure before the European Court exists, although it has already been stated earlier that there is at least entitled as a national court to be presented - if not committed - is. As a reason, especially legal-sociological and political reasons are given: the fear of a loss of influence, the shielding of Fundamental Rights or the whole of the Basic Law before European modifications, the self-assessment as one of the most powerful courts in Europe or the preservation of sovereignty, decision-making authority and final decision on the Germany's integration into the European Union. All these considerations may play a role, but they are not verifiable from a legal perspective. Adapted from the source document.