By unilaterally seizing documents from the archives of the European Central Bank (ECB), Slovenia has failed to fulfil its obligation to respect the principle of inviolability of the archives of the European Union, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday 17 December (Case C-316/19).
In July 2016, without the ECB’s express consent, the Slovenian authorities seized documents and electronic communications from the Governor of the Slovenian Central Bank in the context of an...