ECJ Judges read the morning papers. Explaining the turnaround of European citizenship jurisprudence
ECJ Judges read the morning papers. Explaining the turnaround of European citizenship jurisprudence
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DOI：
10.1080/13501763.2018.1488880
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Werner, Benjamin
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作者：
Blauberger, Michael;Heindlmaier, Anita;Werner, Benjamin
欧洲法院 (ECJ) 最近的判例标志着对欧盟公民权利的解释发生了显着的转变。法院的转变不仅与有关“社会欧洲”或“福利移民”的实际辩论高度相关，而且从更普遍的理论观点来看也具有启发性。最近关于欧洲法院的几项研究认为，法院在很大程度上受到成员国政府凌驾立法和不遵守立法的威胁的限制。我们表明，需要一个额外的机制来解释法院在公民身份问题上的转变。尽管欧洲法院不顾成员国政府的强烈反对，扩大了欧盟公民的权利，但其最近的转变反映了更广泛的政治背景的变化，即欧盟（EU）自由流动的政治化。本文对法院对政治化的反应进行了理论分析，并从经验上证明了法院的判例如何与不断变化的关于欧盟公民身份的公众辩论相对应。
Recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) marks a striking shift towards a more restrictive interpretation of EU citizens' rights. The Court's turnaround is not only highly relevant for practical debates about Social Europe' or welfare migration', but also enlightening from a more general, theoretical viewpoint. Several recent studies on the ECJ have argued that the Court is largely constrained by member state governments' threats of legislative override and non-compliance. We show that an additional mechanism is necessary to explain the Court's turnaround on citizenship. While the ECJ extended EU citizens' rights even against strong opposition by member state governments, its recent shift reflects changes in the broader political context, i.e., the politicization of free movement in the European Union (EU). The article theorises Court responsiveness to politicization and demonstrates empirically, how the Court's jurisprudence corresponds with changing public debates about EU citizenship.