LUXEMBOURG: The EU’s top court on Tuesday threw out German objections to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2012 controversial program of buying up government bonds, saying it was compatible with EU law.

“This program for the purchase of government bonds on secondary markets does not exceed the powers of the ECB,” the European Court of Justice said.

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