EU takes legal action against Germany after tussle between courts

Brussels says German court ruling contradicting ECJ sets dangerous precedent' for integrity of EU law

Brussels has launched a legal case against Germany over an alleged breach of the principle of the primacy of EU law" by the country's constitutional court.

The infringement proceeding" is the result of a ruling last year by the German federal constitutional court in Karlsruhe which it is claimed undermined the pre-eminence of the European court of justice (ECJ).