The German military will in future be able to use its weapons on German streets
in an extreme situation, the Federal Constitutional Court says. The ruling
says the armed forces can be deployed only if Germany faces an assault of
"catastrophic proportions", but not to control demonstrations. The decision to
deploy forces must be approved by the federal government. Severe restrictions
on military deployments were set down in the German constitution after Nazi-era
abuses. The court says the military still cannot shoot down a hijacked
passenger plane - fighter jets would have to intercept the plane and fire
warning shots to force it to land. After World War II the new constitution
ruled that soldiers could not be deployed with guns at the ready on German soil,
the BBC's Stephen Evans reports from Berlin. The court has now changed that,
saying troops could be used to tackle an assault that threatens scores of
casualties. The judges had in mind a terrorist incident involving armed
attackers in public places. German troops have been deployed abroad since the
war, but it has been a gradual process. German warplanes have been used in the
Balkans and troops are on the ground in Afghanistan, protecting construction
workers, but able to return fire if attacked.
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The German military will in future be able to use its weapons on German streets
in an extreme situation, the Federal Constitutional Court says. The ruling
says the armed forces can be deployed only if Germany faces an assault of
"catastrophic proportions", but not to control demonstrations. The decision to
deploy forces must be approved by the federal government. Severe restrictions
on military deployments were set down in the German constitution after Nazi-era
abuses. The court says the military still cannot shoot down a hijacked
passenger plane - fighter jets would have to intercept the plane and fire
warning shots to force it to land. After World War II the new constitution
ruled that soldiers could not be deployed with guns at the ready on German soil,
the BBC's Stephen Evans reports from Berlin. The court has now changed that,
saying troops could be used to tackle an assault that threatens scores of
casualties. The judges had in mind a terrorist incident involving armed
attackers in public places. German troops have been deployed abroad since the
war, but it has been a gradual process. German warplanes have been used in the
Balkans and troops are on the ground in Afghanistan, protecting construction
workers, but able to return fire if attacked.
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Spanish banks borrowed a record €402bn (£316bn) from the European Central Bank in July, leaving them as far as ever from returning to capital markets, and heaping further pressure on Madrid as it tries to avert a full sovereign bailout. The banks borrowed 10% more than the €365bn they tapped in June, Tuesday's data from the Bank of Spain showed. Spiralling debt costs and balance sheets ravaged by a domestic property bubble that collapsed in 2008 have shut most domestic banks out of the bond markets. The banks' use of the ECB facility has increased sharply this year, rising from €161bn in January, and the sector was propped up in July with the promise of a European rescue package – which it has yet to tap – worth up to €100bn. The pattern is similar if less acute in Italy – like Spain at the sharp end of the eurozone debt crisis – where banks held €283bn in ECB funds in July compared with €281bn in June, Bank of Italy data showed last week. In Spain, only heavyweights with big operations abroad such as Santander and BBVA continue to have few problems raising funding from the market. One likely factor in the July increase was the higher charges that some clearing houses were levying on the use of Spanish bonds – which many domestic banks have invested heavily in – as collateral for raising funds, one analyst said. The eurozone has avoided entering a technical recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, because growth was flat over the first three months of 2012. Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight predicted that GDP will fall again during the current quarter. Archer said the eurozone was "struggling against tight fiscal policy in many countries, high and rising unemployment, muted global economic activity and ongoing serious sovereign debt tensions that weigh down on confidence and limit investment. Stock markets, however, were cheered by the news as the contraction was smaller than expected and share prices rose across Europe. The FTSE 100 finished 32 points higher at 5864, while the DAX closed 0.8% higher. The European commission vice-president, Olli Rehn, told CNBC that the EU and the European Central Bank would take action "once certain conditions are met". Rehn added that the euro was "irreversible".
Spanish banks borrowed a record €402bn (£316bn) from the European Central Bank in July, leaving them as far as ever from returning to capital markets, and heaping further pressure on Madrid as it tries to avert a full sovereign bailout. The banks borrowed 10% more than the €365bn they tapped in June, Tuesday's data from the Bank of Spain showed. Spiralling debt costs and balance sheets ravaged by a domestic property bubble that collapsed in 2008 have shut most domestic banks out of the bond markets. The banks' use of the ECB facility has increased sharply this year, rising from €161bn in January, and the sector was propped up in July with the promise of a European rescue package – which it has yet to tap – worth up to €100bn. The pattern is similar if less acute in Italy – like Spain at the sharp end of the eurozone debt crisis – where banks held €283bn in ECB funds in July compared with €281bn in June, Bank of Italy data showed last week. In Spain, only heavyweights with big operations abroad such as Santander and BBVA continue to have few problems raising funding from the market. One likely factor in the July increase was the higher charges that some clearing houses were levying on the use of Spanish bonds – which many domestic banks have invested heavily in – as collateral for raising funds, one analyst said. The eurozone has avoided entering a technical recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth, because growth was flat over the first three months of 2012. Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight predicted that GDP will fall again during the current quarter. Archer said the eurozone was "struggling against tight fiscal policy in many countries, high and rising unemployment, muted global economic activity and ongoing serious sovereign debt tensions that weigh down on confidence and limit investment. Stock markets, however, were cheered by the news as the contraction was smaller than expected and share prices rose across Europe. The FTSE 100 finished 32 points higher at 5864, while the DAX closed 0.8% higher. The European commission vice-president, Olli Rehn, told CNBC that the EU and the European Central Bank would take action "once certain conditions are met". Rehn added that the euro was "irreversible".
Brussels this week launched a website hailing the 20th birthday festivities.
Including a clock countdown to October 15 when Single Market Week begins, it speaks of bringing together “European citizens and businesses with MEPs, the European Commission, the European Council and member states to celebrate and reflect on the past, present and future of the single market”.
It will be launched in Brussels and events will be held in the other 26 EU states.
TaxPayers’ Alliance chief executive Matthew Sinclair said: “The EU should focus on cutting the bureaucracy and waste that pervades its institutions rather throwing a party.”
The EU Commission said that, at a cost of £19,600, two events in London and one each in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast were being organised by it, the UK Business Department and the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland governments. The single market officially came into being on January 1, 1993.
The EU should focus on cutting the bureaucracy and waste that pervades its institutions rather throwing a party
TaxPayers’ Alliance chief executive Matthew Sinclair
Finland’s Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja, warned yesterday that eurozone members should be prepared for a collapse of the currency.
He denied Finland was preparing to leave the euro but said it was assessing what would happen if it went under
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