To my understanding, the German version of the law that was passed says: The guarantees are basically possible, but they are still optional. Whatever the ESFS

To my understanding, the German version of the law that was passed says: The guarantees are basically possible, but they are still optional. Whatever the ESFS contract says, and whatever the EFSF Bureaucrats might decide: before any real money flows from Germany to Greece, the German parliament (or a parl. committee) will have to approve this a second time.