Conference in Rimini

On 29th May 2026, Professor Joachim Englisch delivered a short presentation at a conference held in Rimini on “70 Years of Constitutional Protection in Tax Law.” In his presentation, he critically analyzed the evolving role of the ability-to-pay principle in the German Federal Constitutional Court’s case law over the past 15 years. The approximately 100 participants included primarily Italian tax judges as well as the Vice President of the Italian Constitutional Court responsible for tax cases.