Germany’s plans to put the EU constitution back on track early next year have been dealt a blow by the country’s constitutional court in Karlsruhe.
The court on Tuesday (31 October) said it would not rule on whether the EU charter was compatible with the German constitution until after a final decision had been taken on the overall fate of the document, which has been on political ice since it was rejected by French and Dutch voters last year.
German constitutional judge Siegfried Bros, who is dealing with the EU constitution, said that a decision on the issue was “currently not a priority.”
He added, according to German daily Die Welt, that as the EU constitutional process is still under discussion since the two ‘no’ referendums last year, the issue is not urgent.
Should the text stay as it is, said Mr Bros, he would “resume work on the constitutional complaint” adding “there is definitely sufficient time” to deal with the issue before 2009.
