The EU opens a procedure against Germany for the ECB

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, JUN 09 - The Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Germany for violation of EU law, as well as respect for the jurisdiction of the EU Court, because on 5 May 2020 the German Constitutional Court declared "ultra vires" the ECB (Pepp) securities purchase program, outside the scope of its own competences According to Brussels, the German court "deprived a judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of its legal effects in Germany, violating the principle of the primacy of EU law". (HANDLE).