BRUSELAS, 28 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The European Commission has underlined again this Friday the urgency for Spain to comply with the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), one day after the PSOE and the Popular Party considered the negotiations to unblock the appointment of the members of the governing body of the judges.
“The report on the rule of law expresses very clearly the position (of the European Commission) that it is very important to undertake the renewal of the CGPJ as a priority issue,” a community spokeswoman, who He added that it is just as urgent to “fill the gap” in appointments.
The chief spokesperson for the Community Executive, Éric Mamer, has stressed that the community services maintain the “coherent” message that they have been sending to the Spanish authorities for a long time, while the spokesperson for the Interior, Anitta Hipper, has recalled that the Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, was recently in Madrid to discuss the matter with the different actors.
“We are in contact with the Spanish authorities, to whom we address a clear recommendation and, once again, we underline the importance of reducing the influence of the legislative and executive powers over the judiciary, with the aim of strengthening judicial independence,” he said. Summarized Anitta.
Last July, Brussels included in its annual report on democratic health in the Member States a specific recommendation addressed to Spain to call for the immediate renewal of the CGPJ, while urging to undertake “immediately after” the review of the election system of their members to ensure that most of them are appointed by their peers, in line with the standards of the Council of Europe.
