EU Court Faces ‘Declaration of War’ From German Top Judges
- Germany’s highest court rebukes ECJ in ruling on QE program
- EU judges ‘overstepped’ their powers when backing ECB in 2018
German constitutional court judges arrive to give the ruling in Karlsruhe, on May 5.
Photographer: Sebastian Gollnow/DPA via Getty Images
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The European Union’s top court faced the most stinging attack in its 68-year history -- not from Brexiteers, but from its German counterpart.
In a long-awaited ruling on the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program, Germany’s constitutional court in Karlsruhe accused the EU Court of Justice of overstepping its powers when it backed the ECB’s controversial policy.