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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9462

6 July 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
German finance minister criticises European court

Frankfurt Oder, 05/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 3 July, in a speech made at the European University of Viadrina in Frankfurt-on-the-Oder in East Germany, the German finance minister, Peer Steinbrück, sharply criticised recent trends displayed by the European Court of Justice. According to Steinbrück, the Court was taking itself for the “multinationals' lawyer” and did not know its own limits. He particularly targeted the recent decisions involving German tax legislation. This...

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