TY - UNPD A1 - Siekmann, Helmut A1 - Wieland, Volker T1 - The European Central Bank’s Outright Monetary Transactions and the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany T2 - SAFE white paper series ; 4 N2 - This note reviews the legal issues and concerns that are likely to play an important role in the ongoing deliberations of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany concerning the legality of ECB government bond purchases such as those conducted in the context of its earlier Securities Market Programme or potential future Outright Monetary Transactions. T3 - SAFE white paper series - 4 KW - ECB KW - OMT KW - monetary policy KW - fiscal policy Y1 - 2013 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31554 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-315547 UR - http://safe-frankfurt.de/policy-center/policy-publications/details/article/the-european-central-banks-outright-monetary-transactions-and-the-federal-constitutional-court-of.html N1 - This paper previously appeared, under the same title, in the IMFS WORKING PAPER SERIES as Working Paper No. 71 (2013). SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - SAFE CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -