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Constitutional Court Dismisses Challenge To NextGenEU Funds

GERMANY

As was widely expected, the German Constitutional Court has dismissed two cases regarding the Bundestag's approval of EUR750bn in COVID-19 recovery funding deemed 'Next Generation EU'.

  • The Court often has cases brought to it regarding EU funding and programmes. The petitioners - former Alternative for Germany head Bernd Lucke and former BDI head Heinrich Weiss - sought to have the court strike down NextGenEU due to its permitting of the EU taking on joint debt to fund the programme.
  • The decision could see the EU prove more willing to take on joint debt in the future knowing that the Constitutional Court - notorious for striking down EU spending measures - has set the precedent that it is in line with Germany's Basic Law.

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