On Friday 5 May, the European Commission opened infringement proceedings against Slovenia on the seizure of information belonging to the European Central Bank (ECB) from the Central Bank of Slovenia by the national authorities on 6 July 2016.
In a letter to the Slovenian Prosecutor General and the President of the European Commission in July 2016, the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi, formally protested at this “unlawful seizure of information”, adding that the ECB would “explore...