Madrid – The European Justice Commissioner, Didier Reynders, specified this Wednesday that the reform within the mannequin of election of the members of the Common Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) is “a advice” which “urges” all member states, not an “obligation” or a “requirement”.
Reynders gave a optimistic evaluation of the renewal a number of months in the past of the CGPJ after assembly in Madrid with the Minister of Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Courtroom, Félix Bolaños; the chief of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the brand new president of the CGPJ, Isabel Perelló.
In a press convention after these conferences, the European Justice Commissioner stated he was “very happy” with the involvement of each actors – PP and PSOE – within the renewal of the CGPJ, whose negotiations he himself mediated, after greater than 5 years of blockage.
He appreciated that the renewal was carried out “independently” and that, “for the primary time”, a girl is answerable for the presidency of the Council and the Supreme Courtroom.
And he hoped that subsequent February, when six months have handed for the reason that settlement, the CGPJ will undergo the Courts its proposal to switch the system of election of judicial members, because the President of the Council has dedicated to.
“We’re going by way of a transition, the CGPJ has been renewed, and we’re awaiting future reforms. I totally belief the president and her need,” he indicated.
Nevertheless, when requested whether or not this reform is necessary or optionally available, Reynders specified that it’s a “advice” from the Fee which “urges” all member states to a collection of enhancements.
Nonetheless, the commissioner indicated that the European “normal” is {that a} “majority of Council members” are elected by their friends, and he hopes to see the proposals of the brand new CGPJ to see “how we are able to strategy these requirements” and for higher participation of judges and magistrates.
“We’ll see how far we are able to go,” he indicated.
The European Fee tries to keep away from “a regression” within the states, defined the commissioner, who additionally trusted that the method of appointment of the multiple hundred vacancies within the judicial management that have to be carried out by the CGPJ relies on standards of “advantage and capability”.
Reynders stated he’s conscious of the present polarization in varied states, together with Spain, however pressured the significance of “proving that in some vital issues, dialogue is feasible” and that within the case of the judiciary and its independence, “it is very important attain an settlement between the main political forces”. (18th of September)