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In a recent paper, I discuss tensions that have lately emerged between the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) and the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht or...

I. Background The Judgement of the EGC in the Case T-122/15 – Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg ‒ Förderbank v European Central Bank (ECB) is the first statement of the European judiciary on the...

The European Court of Auditors (‘ECA’) published, pursuant to Article 287(4) TFEU, its 29th Special Report entitled: ‘Single Supervisory Mechanism - Good Start but Further Improvements Needed’. The...

As a result of the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (‘SSM’), the European Central Bank (‘ECB’) was vested with significant supervisory tasks in the prudential field. The ECB...

The number and importance of large multinational banks (MNBs) have both increased significantly over the past two decades, as well as the size and complexity of their networks of foreign affiliates...

Whether seen as a factual event, a normative situation or just a discursive artefact, the recent financial crisis has undeniably triggered major political developments in the European Union and has...

The European Central Bank yesterday published a regulation and a guide on harmonisation of options and discretion in banking supervision, which it described as "an important step in harmonising the...