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ECB gears up for German Constitutional Court scrutiny

June 10, 2013

This is set to be an important week for the ECB and therefore the eurozone.As we noted in a flash analysis this morning, the German Constitutional Court (GCC) will hold a hearing on the 11 and 12 June focusing on whether the ECB’s policies have infri…

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bundesbank, bundestag, Bundesverfassungsgericht, ECB, ECB Governing Council, German 2013 federal election, German Constitutional Court, german court, german media, German public opinion

Is the eurozone bailout legal?

July 5, 2010

We’ve asked this question several times before, but the German think-tank Centrum für Europäische Politik has now also produced a very interesting study on the topic. In the study, the CEP trashes the legality of the €60 billion credit facility, ag…

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bail-out, euro, eurozone, german court, germany

The Karlsruhe factor

March 5, 2010

As riot police today were forced to use tear gas against violent crowds in Athens protesting against further Greek spending cuts to narrow the country’s budget deficit (and save the eurozone), we recieved another reminder of German opposition to any cr…

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emu, euro, german court, germany, Greece

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