The reform of the EU courts (II). Abandoning the management approach by doubling the General Court

Abstract:

The 2011 proposal of the European Court of Justice aiming to increase the number of judges of the General Court has mutated after four years into a complete change of the EU judicial system. This long legislative debate was the first implementation of the Lisbon Treaty in the judicial domain. It has revealed different problems – formal and substantial – of the approach of public service reform in the European institutions.

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EurActiv, 04.04.16: Doubling EU judges is ‘useless spending’, warns EU justice http://www.euractiv.com/section/science-policymaking/news/doubling-eu-judges-is-useless-spending-warns-eu-judge/

ESO: Background information: Court of Justice of the EU: Council adopts reform of General Court http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-court-of-justice-of-the-eu-council-adopts-reform-of-general-court/

EUObserver, 05.04.16: EU court reforms damaged system, judge says https://euobserver.com/justice/132920

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