European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on February 11. A German court ruling essential seeks to upend the principle that EU decisions override national ones. Photo: Reuters
Opinion
Opinion
Why a German court’s challenge to the EU is more disturbing than Trump’s outrage or China’s tantrums
- Even without Covid-19, there is no shortage of disturbing news, from the Hong Kong police’s crackdown on protesters to Chinese bullying in the South China Sea and Beijing’s beef with Canberra
- But a German court’s decision to challenge a central tenet of European unity is perhaps the biggest worry
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, on February 11. A German court ruling essential seeks to upend the principle that EU decisions override national ones. Photo: Reuters