Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Bundesverfassungsgericht

Date: 05/05/2020

Subject: The decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court), according to which the Federal Government and the Parliament (Bundestag) should have challenged the decisions adopted by the European Central Bank from 2015 to 2017 of buying public sector assets without respecting the principle of proportionality: the decision of the Court of Justice, which endorsed such decisions, is not comprehensible and must be deemed arbitrary

Original language: German

Classification: General provisions - Art. 51 Scope

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