I have no clue why the Bundestag would have to see this document before the Dáil. But maybe it has to do with German banks having loaned so much money to the Republic of Ireland?
Just asking, but still puzzled by this action...
You should indeed find this action puzzling. I don't know of any precedent that justifies this, not even lending money to Ireland's government. As much as the Irish bloviate about Britain's rule being draconian (not that too many living today actually lived under it), they had representatives (MPs) in the Westminster parliament that could do something—not so over in Germany. (They even have representatives in the toy parliament in Brussels, for whatever that's worth.) This is something new and dangerous, AFAICS.
I have no clue why the Bundestag would have to see this document before the Dáil. But maybe it has to do with German banks having loaned so much money to the Republic of Ireland? Just asking, but still puzzled by this action...
But the Irish Times, which has seen the document, said giving the information to the Bundestag was in line with German guidelines for participation in the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) – the German budgetary committee has to approve proposals to increase income and reduce spending before each bailout tranche can be released.
“What’s happened is the federal government meeting its legal information to inform the Bundestag about the EFSF,” one committee member told the Irish Times.