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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10640
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) germany

Fiscal compact ratification postponed for three weeks

Brussels, 22/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - Germany's constitutional court has asked the German president, Joachim Gauk, to postpone signature of the fiscal compact and the European Security Mechanism (ESM) to allow time to examine an appeal against them by far Left party, Die Linke.

Gauk agreed to examine Die Linke's appeal the day after Chancellor Merkel reached agreement in principle on the legislation with the opposition once a few concessions had been granted (see EUROPE...

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