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2 months ago in Comparative Constitutional Law , European Law By Joshna
Could a recent German judgment on asylum seekers’ benefits affect other EU Member States?
This question arises from constitutional and EU asylum law interaction.
 Germany’s court has issued notable rulings on social benefits.
 I want to assess potential influence in EU law or other states.
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By Peter Answered 2 weeks ago
 From my experience with EU constitutional interaction, a German constitutional judgment on asylum benefits could influence policy debates elsewhere but would not automatically bind other Member States. EU asylum law is largely harmonized, and any constitutional ruling interacts with EU obligations and CJEU jurisprudence. National courts sometimes use domestic precedents as persuasive authority, inspiring similar reasoning, but EU institutions remain the ultimate arbiter of EU asylum directives. In practice, national decisions shape dialogue more than they directly alter law across borders.
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