Where do we stand on the reform of the EU’s Court System? On a reform as short-sighted as the attempts to force through its adoption

oleh: Alberto Alemanno, Laurent Pech

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH

Deskripsi

<p>Last October, the CJEU has proposed to double the number of judges at the General Court to help tackling its growing workload. The legislative process this proposal is currently undergoing appears to be marred by a pattern of procedural irregularities whose only aim seems to be the speedy adoption of the reform and – more troublingly – may also be construed as a joint advocacy strategy designed to systematically eliminate any opportunity for a public, well informed and evidence-based debate. Should this reform go through (as it appears likely), damaging evidence might yet come to light and the authority and legitimacy of relevant EU institutions will be further undermined at a time where they have little to spare.</p>