ECJ on Appointment of EU Judges: A Member State may propose, a candidate other than the best-ranked candidate on a list, provided that the candidate proposed satisfies the requirements laid down by the Treaties. curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_4…

Tusk makes it possible that Duda appoints a neo-judge as president of the civil chamber of the SC. The legal judges of the SC are in shock, for Tusk promised to restore the rule of law in Poland.

Four European judges organizations appeal against the judgment of the EU first instance court, refusing them standing as to a Council decision ignoring judgments on judges of the ECJ. medelnet.eu/joint-press-re…

ECJ in a Romanian case: a national court is not required to apply a decision of its constitutional court that infringes EU law curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_4…

I honor my friend and colleague Katarzyna Gonera for her wisdom and courage

This is an unprecedented, huge development - 700 Hungarian judges are publicly protesting against government's reform plans. 🇭🇺Judges feel that the current National Judicial Council is not standing up for judicial independence and therefore they must act. hang.hu/belfold/ez-pel…

In today’s conference at the University of Katowicze the subject of the status of neo judges was discussed. My message: European law gaves a large discretion to Poland to restore the independence of the Judiciary. Have the coverage to use it.

Courage

Chief justice Roberts warns intimidation and violence risk judicial independence | US supreme court | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

The state of judicial independence in Hungary: The government starves judges of salary increases for years and then gets them to agree to raises in exchange for their complicity in judicial "reform" that further reduces their independence. . . .

It is a European law rule that judges are allowed to express their opinion on reforms affecting their independence and work.

☝️🇭🇺Judicial Office President states that judges are free to express their views on the court administration so the Chief Justice's letter which implies sanctions "completely differs in content and style from organisational norms and ethical principles". birosag.hu/hirek/kategori…

11th January: Message from the UN Special Rapporteur on the “Judicial Independence Day — 1000 Robes March” iaj-uim.org/iuw/11th-janua…

Today, Markiewicz, chair of the Committee for the restoration of Judicial Independence, proposed two tracks: a fast track (dismissing neo-judges by law) and a slower track (dismissal by decision of the Council for the Judiciary, after its reform.

🇭🇺Chief Justice ordered European law court advisors to put the protection of constitutional identity and Christian culture above EU law in their work. He also set up a new department to help develop a national position on EU matters. 👀A staggering story: szabadeuropa.hu/a/varga-zs-and…

Markiewicz prekers the fast track in dealing with neo-judges

A new level of political attack on #judges by 🇭🇺PM Orbán: "Bugs have made it through winter. We will dismantle the financial machine that has been using corrupt$ to buy politicians, judges, journalists, fake NGOs and political activists. We will eliminate the entire shadow army."

MEDEL expresses serious concerns over the recent attacks on the #French judiciary #RuleOfLaw requires that criticism of judges’ decisions never turns into a delegitimization of their constitutional role Traduci post

Minister of Justice just send legislation to Parliament about judges selected by the council for judiciary under political control of the former PIS-government. These judges loose their positions.

What do judges do, and how do they perceive their role when democracy is under strain? linkedin.com/posts/institut…