The Euro crisis: Challenges to the ESM Treaty and the Fiscal Compact Treaty before the German Constitutional Court

Author (Corporate)	Institute of International and European Affairs
Publisher	Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA)
Series Title	Working Paper
Series Details	No.10
Publication Date	2012
Content Type	Overview
	This paper, published in August 2012, forms part of a series of working papers on the euro crisis by leading Irish commentators. The author, Paul Gallagher, considers the basis of the Constitutional Court’s concerns about the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) breaching the German Constitution.
Source Link	Primary Source http://www.iiea.com/publications/challenges-to-the-esm-treaty-and-the-fiscal-compact-treaty-before-the-german-constitutional-court
Related Links	ESO: Background information: The German Constitutional Court and the ESM: What’s at stake? http://www.europeansources.info/record/blog-the-german-constitutional-court-and-the-esm-whats-at-stake/
Subject Categories	Economic and Financial Affairs
Countries / Regions	Europe, Germany