The EU Competence in Criminal Law and National Identity as an Opt-Out for the Member States of the European Union
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https://doi.org/10.54869/syeul.2023.3.810Keywords:
national identity, constitutional identity, primacy of EU law, controlimiti doctrineAbstract
The article examines the EU's competence in criminal law, and the ways in which the EU can intervene in this area within the national law of the Member States. Considering the current debate in Slovakia regarding amendments to criminal codes and the proposal to abolish the Special Prosecutor's Office, the paper discusses the delimitation of competence in this respect between the EU and the Member State. The article also discusses the possibility of a Member State to argue national identity in Article 4(2) TEU on the issue at hand.
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