Biased referee? European Court of Justice.(European Union countries are skeptical of the European Court of Justice)

Economist (US), The, May, 1997

Several members of the European Union are doubtful about the authority and impartiality of the European Court of Justice. The court is accused of promoting federalism at the cost of national sovereignity. The court is also overloaded and has little power to penalize offenders.

LUXEMBOURG

ATTACKS on the Court of Justice long predate the birth of Euroscepticism. In the 1960s, one French politician accused it of "morbid megalomania". In 1975, another, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, denounced what he called the court's "illegal acts". A Danish lawyer once said the court was running wild. Both France and Germany have had difficulty accepting the supremacy of European law. Indeed, some judges on the German Constitutional Court in KarlsrCuhe believe that, in case of...