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Henry Müller Berlin 12 JUN 2013 - 00:01 CET
The German Constitutional Court began Tuesday in the city of Karlsruhe a historic two-day hearing, he faced an unprecedented verbal duel Jens Weidmann, the powerful president of the Bundesbank and the European Central Bank Governing Council (ECB), Jörg Asmussen, two friends who until recently worked hand in hand within the federal government. A duel in which the ECB had, in and out of court, a crucial ally, the Executive of Angela Merkel.
The judges must decide whether the ECB exceeded his duties and violated the German constitution, as argued in the appeal of a platform of 37,000 citizens, several economists Eurosceptics and CSU parliamentarians and Left. The appeal, supported by the Constitution, states that the ECB intends to have no legal basis for the German taxpayer money (through the Bundesbank) to fund the purchase of bonds of troubled countries, as set out in the program Monetary Transactions Direct (UNWTO in its acronym in English), approved in September.
The Court examines whether there is legal basis for using money from the Germans
In late July, the ECB president, Mario Draghi, made a public claim - "The ECB will endeavor to support the euro. And believe me, that will be enough "- the central bank's commitment to the euro zone. And the OMT program, allowing the ECB to buy short-term government debt without limit, provided that the beneficiary country has requested a bailout, reflected that commitment. The program has failed to be implemented, but your ad has helped to keep under control the risk premiums of Italy and Spain
The ECB approved the program for the sole vote against the president of the Bundesbank, but with the explicit endorsement Executive Merkel, who did not hesitate to return to show their support. German Chancellor used a speech to the Congress of the Federation of German Industry in Berlin, to highlight the "importance" of the ECB's program and display its confidence that, as it did with the European rescue fund, the Constitutional supports "an instrument of solidarity" European.
The German Government was represented at the hearing by the Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, who defended the legality of the European Central Bank program. "We see no evidence that the measures undertaken by the ECB so far violate its mandate," said the minister, who stressed that the issue should not be subject to German jurisdiction.
Asmussen only had 15 minutes to defend the position of Eurobanco. "In the summer of last year the euro zone on the brink uncontrolled disintegration. So it was necessary to apply the OMT program "was his plea, after holding that all measures taken by the ECB had been" necessary, effective and within the law ".
Bundesbank President stated that price stability is at risk
Limited Program bonds
The ECB Governing Council stressed that a program chose unlimited bond buying to show that took seriously the defense of price stability. But also that "the program design itself makes clear that it is effectively limited by the restriction to the shortest yield curve and as result the pool of bonds that can be acquired," referring to only buy titles of up to three year term, to avoid being considered permanent financing government deficits, which is forbidden by the central bank's mandate.
For Jens Weidmann, however, there are serious doubts about whether the ECB has crossed that line. And spoke forcefully to the judges. "You can observe remarkable political stability problems in the debt purchase program and other concrete measures to overcome the crisis, blurring the boundaries between European monetary policy and fiscal policy of member states," said German banker, who put emphasis on the need for a central bank should not finance government debts nor undertake tasks of fiscal policy in times of crisis.
"Smudge the responsibilities of monetary and fiscal policy, with the purchase of sovereign debt of countries that lose the confidence of the capital markets, poses a risk not overlooked to the credibility of central banks and the ability to ensure the price stability, "he said.
The judgment of the Constitutional not expected until after the legislative elections on 22 September. The German court has no power to ban anything the ECB, but may impose conditions on German participation in the WTO agenda, as it did in the judgment on the European rescue fund. If you assume the thesis for appeal, the OMT program would run Bundesbank participation, a scenario that would damage the reputation of the ECB and the Eurosystem would check. Another alternative is that the German Constitutional Court in favor inhibits the EU.
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