European Central Bank 5 December 2011, Opinion of the European Central Bank of 5 December 2011 on fiscal responsibility (CON/2011/96)

EN ECB-PUBLIC OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 5 December 2011 on fiscal responsibility (CON/2011/96) Introduction and legal basis On 11 November 2011, the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on Finance and the Budget for an opinion on a draft constitutional law on fiscal responsibility (hereinafter the ‘draft