Germany Faces EU Backlash a Year After ECB Court Ruling
- EU starts legal action after clash between German, EU judges
- German top court last year said EU judges overstepped powers
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Germany faces legal action more than a year after the nation’s top court delivered a ruling about the European Central Bank labeled by a lawmaker as a “gift to right-wing populist governments.”
The European Commission kickstarted a so-called infringement case on Wednesday, saying the ruling by the German Constitutional Court set “a serious precedent, both for the future practice” of that court “and for the supreme and constitutional courts and tribunals of other member states.”