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That German court ruling hurts EU rule-of-law fightback

Last week Germany's Constitutional Court landed a decision that reverberated across the EU.

Rejecting a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) on the European Central Bank's buying of eurozone debts, the judgement was a double whammy to Europe's efforts to address two of its most serious crises.

One is the financial crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic - which relies on an active ECB.

The other ...

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Michael Meyer-Resende is the executive director of Democracy Reporting International, a non-partisan NGO that supports political participation.

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