Solidarity and Loyalty are cornerstones of the European Integration process. During the 70’s-80’s, the CJEU invoked loyalty and solidarity to prohibit Member States from supporting national economies with unilateral measures undermining the progressive construction of the internal market. More recently, these constitutional principles recur in the judicial rhetoric assessing the legality of the European Stability Mechanism, adopted by Member States to provide mutual financial assistance during the sovereign debt crisis (Pringle). In the management of massive migration flows, these strands have been invoked to support the legality of the ‘Relocation Decisions’ and the consequent duty to carry out effective relocation of third-country nationals into the territory of Member States different from the frontline ones. The work will therefore offer a contribution to the debate concerning convergences and divergences among these two cardinal principles within the EU constitutional framework.
We look forward to welcoming you on July 3-5, 2023 for our Annual Conference entitled "Islands and Ocean: Public Law in a Plural World." The conference will take place at the Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. We will be announcing more details about the conference soon, including financial support to early career and global south scholars!