Germany: Federal Constitutional Court validates special taxes for securing high-risk matches

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German police officers confront fans before the Werder Bremen - Hamburg SV match on 19/04/2015 - ©  ARD

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, based in Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg), has ruled that the special fees charged by the city and region of Bremen to the DFL, organiser of the German professional football championships (Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga), for providing security at high-risk matches are lawful, according to the the German...

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German police officers confront fans before the Werder Bremen - Hamburg SV match on 19/04/2015 - ©  ARD

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