http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210618-193307-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/ultra-vires-control-and-european-democracy/ Ultra Vires Control and European Democracy Riedl, Benedikt eng 2021-06-18 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 European Commission Infringement Procedure PSPP Ultra Vires Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 9 June 2021, the European Commission filed infringement proceedings against the Federal Republic of Germany. Though the infringement procedure has been welcomed by some scholars as a necessary reaction of the Commission, I argue that initiating the infringement procedure is politically unwise, legally questionable, and ultimately unfounded.