Three Meanings of Constitutional Identity and Their Prospects in the European Union
Dieter Grimm, 25 March 2024
In a rather banal understanding, constitutional identity means that each constitution is singular in the sense that no constitution looks exactly like the other. In a more prescriptive sense, identity refers to the fundamental principles of a constitution and the basic structure of the order it designs; in short, those provisions without which the constitution would no longer be the same. In a symbolic sense, it means that the people who live under a certain constitution accept it as a more or less good order and can identify with it.