CJEU judgments in the news – capturing the public salience of decisions of the EU’s highest court

Case salience data are prominent in the US judicial politics literature. By contrast, such is not available for most other courts. With continued judicialization of EU and CJEU’s growing importance, court decisions could increasingly receive public attention. Inspired by case this paper provides insight into new on newspaper coverage 4357 CJEU eight broadsheets. Asking under which conditions newspapers report decisions, article links theoretical expectations about with empirical salience. Multi-level regression models show that varies depending standing courts national political systems, characteristics, inter-institutional conflict, Court’s relations activities. These findings have implications perception communication provide initial insights media attention hundreds cases.