Part II
Richard GHEVONTIAN, Professor at Paul-Cézanne University – Aix-Marseille III, GERJC – Louis Favoreu Institute, The Issue of Constitutional Precedence and European Union Law: The ECJ Decision of June 22, 2010
The debate over the relationship between national law and European law has returned to the forefront of the French legal community following the implementation of the “priority of constitutionality” procedure. When asked to rule on whether the French priority constitutionality procedure violates the preliminary ruling procedure under EU law, the European Court of Justice issued a decision that was highly nuanced yet, at the same time, very clear regarding the compatibility of the two procedures.