Constitutional law
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Editorial: American style Germany
14 September 20126040Presseurop -
Eurozone: Now politicians have no more excuses
13 September 20128978 La Repubblica Rome -
Euro: Dinner time
13 September 201235 Corriere della Sera Milan -
The front page: 13 September 2012
13 September 201226PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, De Volkskrant, Berliner Zeitung & 4 others -
Eurozone: Karlsruhe plays it safe
12 September 20125456PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Die Tageszeitung -
Germany: Final judgement
11 September 201219 Jyllands-Posten Aarhus -
Germany: Karlsruhe court gives ESM breathing space
11 September 2012295PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Eurozone bailouts: Karlsruhe says yes, but...
7 September 2011933 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Bailouts: German parliament will have its say
5 September 201113PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Germany: "Security retention" is outlawed
5 May 20111PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Germany: Is shutting down nuclear illegal?
17 March 2011PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Germany: Sentences served, but still in jail
8 February 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Single currency: The day the euro died
3 December 20105222 The Independent London -
Germany: Unwed fathers get a fairer deal
4 August 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Private life: Arresting the cyber-police
3 March 201019 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Germany: Dignity becomes a constitutional right
10 February 2010PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Germany: Thou shalt not shop on the holy Sabbath
2 December 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Sweden : Church greenlights gay marriage
23 October 2009PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Italy: Berlusconi shaken but not stirred
8 October 2009Presseurop -
Election crisis: Wild west politicking rocks Czech Republic
16 September 2009PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
Constitutional crisis: The cancelled Czech election
11 September 2009PresseuropLidové noviny -
Germany: European asylum law no longer credible
10 September 2009PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Czech Republic: Elections deferred for MP's salary
2 September 2009PresseuropLidové noviny -
Germany: Not child's play, the Union
30 July 2009Die Zeit Hamburg -
Institutions: Berlin has dealt a blow to European unity
14 July 2009121 Financial Times London -
Germany: Lisbon goes Berlin
1 July 2009Presseurop
The verdict of the German Constitutional Court has ended the first part of the 'war of the unification’ of Europe. Today, though, a new phase is opening up: the battle to convince national politicians to accept the surrender of sovereignty necessary for the EU of tomorrow. 
The verdict came as no surprise: Germany's constitutional court has green-lighted the European Stability Mechanism (the ESM) and so given the euro a future. But the condition attached is that any increase to the bailout fund must meet with German approval. Initial reactions from the German press. 
The German Constitutional Court has validated the Eurozone's support mechanisms, but ultimately, if Europe really wants to get organized, the Federal Constitution will have to be rewritten and approved by the people, warns columnist Heribert Prantl. 
Could Europe’s currency fall? And if it did, what would happen? Sean O’Grady, economics editor of London daily The Independent imagines a fatal day in the future when member states will say No. 
The German Constitutional Court has ordered the immediate deletion of all private telecommunications data stockpiled since 2008 in the fight against terrorism. But whilst civil rights activists are whooping it up, the Süddeutsche Zeitung regrets that the judges missed a golden opportunity to quash the contentious EU counter-terrorism directive. 
The judges of the Italian Constitutional Court have invalidated the infamous Lodo Alfano, a law which guaranteed the Prime Minister immunity from prosecution. On the day after this severe blow for Il Cavaliere, the European press wonders what impact the decision will have on his political future. 
German procedure for the elaboration of European policy is already extremely complex, and a recent decision by the country's constitutional court requiring increased participation by the German parliament will certainly not make it any simpler. But how is Germany to manage without a Ministry of European Affairs? wonders Die Zeit. 
July 14, MEPs inaugurate the newly elected European parliament, many with the aim to strengthen the assembly's influence on European affairs. But the recent ruling by German constitutional court on the Lisbon Treaty, has called into question the future of European construction. 
The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has given the go-ahead for ratification of the simplified Treaty of Lisbon, but called for certain amendments to the German legislation to safeguard the national parliament’s prerogatives. This “yes, but” ruling has sparked no little commentary in the European press and risks delaying the treaty’s ratification.