German Constitutional Court Halts EFSF Approval, Issues Temporary Injunction On Further Bailout Decisions
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
10/28/2011
The German constitutional court has already played a substantial role in the country’s participation in the European bailout. Back in September when noting the first participation of the court in the European rescue machinery we noted that “giving the Bundestag’s Budget Committee the final say over the use of the bailout fund is welcome from a democratic point of view, but will add another element of uncertainty to the eurozone crisis. However, so far the Budget Committee has consistently taken the government line on the bailout, albeit reluctantly, and it remains to be seen whether it dares to exercise its new power.” It appears the court has once again decided to step up only this time not in a favorable light, after, as Spiegel reports, that the court has “issued a temporary injunction banning the nine-person committee in the Bundestag from taking any decisions on the deployment by EFSF of German taxpayer money.” In addition to this, the Court also put the whole German fast-track approval process in jeopardy after it expressed “doubts about the legality of a new panel of lawmakers set up by the German parliament to reach quick decisions on the release of funds from the euro bailout mechanism.” This is hardly the ringing endorsement the EURocrats needed to hear from the only power in Europe with the funds to keep the EMU together.
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