New initiative registered: ‘Effective implementation of the concept of judicial precedent in EU countries’

On 31 May the Commission registered a European citizens' initiative entitled ‘Effective  implementation of the concept of judicial precedent in EU countries’.

It calls on the Commission to introduce a mechanism guaranteeing mutual recognition of final judicial decisions adopted by courts of other Member States and which grants the option of invoking national judicial precedents decided by the courts of the country concerned. The mechanism would apply to cases which concern similar legal questions for which the Court already had the opportunity to interpret the applicable provisions of Union law.

This is the fifth initiative registered in 2023. Its organisers have six months now to choose the moment to start the collection of support.