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Supremacy & Autonomy II

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  1. 1.Internationale Handelsgesellschaft (Case 11/70) — held?

    EU law prevails even over fundamental rights in national constitutions; fundamental rights are protected as general principles of EU law.

    Case 11/70 [1970] ECR 1125

  2. 2.Les Verts v Parliament (Case 294/83) — significance?

    The Court called the Treaty the Community's "basic constitutional charter" and allowed annulment actions against Parliament's acts.

    Case 294/83 [1986] ECR 1339

  3. 3.Opinion 2/13 (2014) — held?

    The draft agreement on EU accession to the ECHR was incompatible with the Treaties, including because it threatened the autonomy of EU law.

    Opinion 2/13, EU:C:2014:2454

  4. 4.Wightman (Case C-621/18) — held?

    A Member State may unilaterally revoke its Article 50 withdrawal notification before withdrawal takes effect.

    Case C-621/18, EU:C:2018:999

  5. 5.Weiss (PSPP) — what did the German Federal Constitutional Court do in May 2020?

    It held that the Court of Justice's judgment upholding the ECB's public sector purchase programme was ultra vires, challenging EU law supremacy.

    BVerfG, 2 BvR 859/15, 5 May 2020