Austria and Denmark Fear American-Style European Court of Justice

The Austrian presidency of the EU received backing by Denmark on another issue related to the future of Europe: Austria's criticism towards the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Like Austria, Denmark wants the European Constitution to include an explicit restriction of the powers of the ECJ.

Rasmussen told journalists in Copenhagen:

“We all easily have the feeling that [the ECJ] takes decisions of which the basis of the judgements do not fully correspond with what we have agreed as the political basis of the development of the EU.”

One could say that Austria and Denmark fear an "American-Style Supreme Court".