BERLIN (AP) — Germany's highest court said Friday that a special new parliamentary committee set up to make quick decisions on the use of the eurozone rescue fund can't start work for now.
Germany's parliament currently has to endorse all decisions on using the €440 billion ($618 billion) European Financial Stability Facility. The nine-member cross-party committee was set up this week to expedite decision-making in particularly urgent and sensitive cases.
However, the Federal Constitutional Court issued an injunction blocking it from starting work following a complaint from two opposition lawmakers, who argued that delegating decisions to the small panel would violate their …
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