Case C-62/14, Gauweiler – objecting to any unlimited bond buying spree by the ECB

If implemented, the European Central Bank’s 2012 Decision on Outright Monetary Transactions would allow the purchase of unlimited amounts of bonds from selected euro states teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Is the Decision compatible with EU law?

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Case C-370/12, Pringle – is the ESM Treaty compatible with the EU Treaties?

Is Council Decision 2011/199/EU, amending Article 136 of the TFEU with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro, valid? And is a Member State entitled to enter an international agreement such as the European Stability Mechanism Treaty (ESM Treaty) or would that mean undertaking obligations which are incompatible with the TEU and TFEU?

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