Germany agreed to relinquish the Deutsche Mark on the condition that the new currency area would not lead to direct or indirect socialization of its members’ debt, thus precluding any financial assistance from EU funds for states facing bankruptcy. Indeed, the new currency was conceived as a unit of account for economic exchange that would not have any wealth implications at all.
原告提出了诸多反对ESM的原因。首先，他们诉称这违反了马斯特里赫特条约“不救援”条款（第125条）。德国同意放弃德国马克是有条件的，那就是新货币区不能导致其成员国债务的直接或间接社会化，从而排除了任何动用欧盟资金对面临破产的国家进行金融援助的可能性。事实上，新货币被认为仅仅是经济交换账户的单位，不具有任何财富效应。