ABSTRACT
In a lot of countries the outcomes and major directions of constitutional adjudication show signs of both continuity and change. The Federal Constitutional Court had to adjudge the constitutionality of 'rescue packages' that provided financial assistance to some EU member states that found themselves in a difficult budgetary position. Some constitutional courts were ready for reshaping existing constitutional doctrines and constructions in order to use them for resolving the new conflicts. In recent years, special crisis-driven constitutional amendments have been adopted in some European countries. The constitutional courts can be reluctant to overtake or overrule the emergent EU-level policy in mass migration. The change of the jurisprudence of the French Constitutional Council has been probably promoted by the heightened social atmosphere begotten by the brutal and bloody terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice. The constitutional courts' performance will surely influence their image and in the longer term may contribute to the increase or decrease of their legitimacy.
