"A court cannot decide on matters not belonging to it", he said.
The council decides on matters related to tax collection, collective tasks, religious festivals, relations with central authorities, and other community concerns.
The parliamentary leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc, Peter Altmaier, said the decision meant that the entire Bundestag must decide on matters relating to the rescue fund, Reuters reported.
The Government's plan to stop Scottish MPs' votes from deciding on matters that only affect England will probably face legal challenge, an influential SNP MP has said.
I do not believe that only the informed and intelligent should be allowed to debate and decide on matters of import.
If you don't believe we have the authority to decide on matters like this, I have to ask: why did you stand for synod?
In the meantime, Brazil's energy minister, Edson Lobão, has tried to assuage concerns over the expropriation, saying this week in the capital, Brasília, that every country is "sovereign" in their capacity to decide on matters "as they see fit".
Now Mr. Hollande has "demonstrated that he can decide on matters of war and peace, which in the French system, as in the U.S., is very important," Mr. Heisbourg said.
Since the court of protection came into being four years ago, to decide on matters involving individuals judged by psychiatrists to lack mental capacity, there have been between 20 and 40 cases involving "serious medical treatment" every year.
The Senate has passed a resolution calling for an end to US military support to the Saudi-led coalinion in the Yemen war, and asserting Congress's right to decide on matters of war and peace.
