(Reuters) – The European Commission on Wednesday started a legal procedure against Germany, investigating whether a German court broke EU rules by challenging central bank bond purchases already approved by the top EU court.
The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, sent a letter to Germany notifying Berlin that it was exploring whether the German court’s ruling had violated EU rules, according to a statement.
Such a letter is the first stage in a process that can ultimately lead to the Commission asking the EU’s Court of Justice to impose penalties.
(Reporting by Sabine Siebold, editing by Marine Strauss)
