The Court must rule on German plaintiffs’ claim that legislation to establish the ESM would violate Germany’s Grundgesetz (Basic Law). If the Court rules in the plaintiffs’ favor, it will ask Germany’s president not to sign the ESM treaty, which has already been ratified by Germany’s Bundestag (parliament).
慕尼黑—欧洲和世界正在焦急地等待德国宪法法院9月12日对欧洲稳定性机制（ESM）的判决。ESM是作为欧元区现行紧急贷款人欧洲金融稳定机制（EFSM）的永久性替代方案推出的。德国宪法法院必须就德国原告提出的成立ESM的立法决定违反了德国基本法的意见作出裁决。如果裁决有利于原告，那么宪法法院将要求德国总统拒绝在已被德国议会批准的ESM条约上签字。