The OMT programme announced by the ECB in September 2012 is compatible with EU law

Report of the judgment in ECJ Case C-62/14 Gauweiler and Others given on the 16 June 2015. The programme for the purchase of government bonds on secondary markets does not exceed the powers of the ECB in relation to monetary policy and does not contravene the prohibition of monetary financing of Member States.

The Court stated that the ECB must be allowed 'broad discretion' when it 'prepares and implements an open market operations programme' as it needs 'to make choices of a technical nature and undertake forecasts and complex assessments'.

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ESO: Background information: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-62/14 Peter Gauweiler and Others v Deutscher Bundestag, January 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/advocate-generals-opinion-in-case-c-62-14-peter-gauweiler-and-others-v-deutscher-bundestag/

Kathimerini, 16.06.15: European court upholds key anti-crisis program http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_16/06/2015_551114

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EUObserver, 16.06.15: EU court rejects challenge to ECB bond plan https://euobserver.com/news/129138

Deutsche Welle, 16.06.15: Top EU court: ECB allowed to buy bonds http://dw.de/p/1FhmB

Deutsche Welle, 16.06.15: [Opinion]: Super Mario reigns supreme http://dw.de/p/1Fi71

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ECB: Press Release, 18.06.15: ECB Governing Council takes note of ruling on OMT https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2015/html/pr150618.en.html

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