Carlo Garbarino (Bocconi University) The funds of the Next Generation EU plan (“NGEU”), amounting to EUR 750 billion and financed through a debt issue, are now being made available to…
Federico Fabbrini (DCU Brexit Institute) On 9 June 2021, the European Commission announced that it has started infringement proceedings against Germany in response to the ruling by the Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG)…
Marcus Klamert (University of Graz) On 5 May 2020, the Second Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (hereafter “the FCC”) handed down a judgment in a constitutional challenge against…
Monica Bonini (University of Milano-Bicocca) Is the fundamental right to democracy at stake in Germany? In the decision of 29 April 2021, the Second Senate of the German Federal Constitutional…
Mattias Wendel (Leipzig University) First things first: the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG) has cleared the way for Germany’s participation in Next Generation EU (NGEU). In its decision of…
Gian Luigi Tosato (Sapienza University) We can now breathe a sigh of relief. The German Constitutional Court promptly delivered its ruling in the desirable way. The urgent appeal – which…
Christine Neuhold and Fèlix Ruiz Cabré (Maastricht University) In 2019, the then candidate for European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, presented her political guidelines for the European executive for…