The impossible constitutional reconciliation of the BVerfG and the ECJ in the OMT case. A legal analysis of the first preliminary referral of the BVerfG

In Gauweiler v. ECB, the German Constitutional Court referred for the first time a case to the European Court of Justice. The BVerfG openly doubted the legality of the OMT program of the European Central Bank, one of the most effective European instruments in counteracting the effects of the Euro-cr...

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Main Author: Pennesi Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Studies on Federalism 2016-12-01
Series:Perspectives on Federalism
Subjects:
ECB
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pof.2016.8.issue-3/pof-2016-0020/pof-2016-0020.xml?format=INT