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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10447
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/economy

Conditional German court endorsement of Greek aid plan

Brussels, 07/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Germany's Karlsruhe constitutional court ruled on Wednesday 7 September that Germany may provide financial aid to eurozone countries without infringing its constitution, but demanded greater powers of scrutiny for Germany's parliament, which must give prior agreement each time that Germany wants to pledge to provide substantial aid to a struggling country. The Bundestag will therefore have to agree to Germany contributing to the second Greek bailout,...

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