The Commission v the Member States:
who wins in court, and why?
who wins in court, and why?
Infringement cases at the Court of Justice of the EU are thought to be simple affairs; easy for the European Commission to win. In this European Policy Analysis Markus Johansson and Olof Larsson of the University of Gothenburg show that things are not quite so straightforward: member states are defending – and winning – such cases more often than was previously thought.
Olof Larsson, Markus Johansson October 2022