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Supporting documents for the complaints lodged on behalf of 12,000 Germans (Photo: Mehr Demokratie)

Fiscal compact, bailout fund challenged in German court

Six constitutional complaints were lodged in Germany over the weekend against the treaty on fiscal discipline and the establishment of a permanent eurozone bailout fund. The plaintiffs cite a lack of democratic oversight and a denting of budgetary powers.

Barely had the German parliament approved the two pieces of legislation late Friday evening (29 June), when centre-right and leftist lawmakers, as well as a democracy group filed their promised constitutional challenges.

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Supporting documents for the complaints lodged on behalf of 12,000 Germans (Photo: Mehr Demokratie)

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