Judgment_paragraph 69 · Thomas Pringle v Government of Ireland and Others (C-370/12)

69However, those Member States may not disregard their duty to comply with European Union law when exercising their competences in that area (see Case C‑55/00 Gottardo [2002] ECR I‑413, paragraph 32). However, the reason why the grant of financial assistance by the stability mechanism is subject to strict conditionality under paragraph 3 of Article 136 TFEU, the article affected by the revision of the FEU Treaty, is in order to ensure that that mechanism will operate in a way that will comply with European Union law, including the measures adopted by the Union in the context of the coordination of the Member States’ economic policies.