Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the EU

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

The General Assembly of the Network, which convened on 14 November 2025 at the occasion of The Hague Colloquium, elected the new Board and President of the Network.

The new President of the Network is 𝐌𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎’𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥, Chief Justice of Ireland.

The new members of the Board of the Network are Mr Eric de Formanoir de la Cazerie, First President of the Belgian Cour de cassation, Ms Katerina Stamatiou, President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, Mr Petr Angyalossy, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Mr Tatu Leppänen, President of the Supreme Court of Finland, Mr Christophe Soulard, First President of the French Cour de cassation, Ms Bettina Limperg, President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany, Mr Pasquale D’Ascola, First President of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy, Ms Danguolė Bublienė, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, Mr Thierry Hoscheit, President of the Cour supérieure de justice of Luxembourg, Ms Dineke de Groot, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands and Mr Anders Eka, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden.
https://network-presidents.eu/event/new-president-and-board-network

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞

The Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union holds its Colloquium on 13 and 14 November 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands.

The event starts off on 13 November with a joint meeting between the Network and The Hague Judicial Club which brings together international courts and tribunals based in The Hague. The theme of the joint meeting is “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰” and the keynote speeches of the session are delivered by Mr Yuji Iwasawa, President of the International Court of Justice, Ms Tomoko Akane, President of the International Criminal Court, Mr Mattias Guyomar, President of the European Court of Human Rights and Lord Robert Reed, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The sessions is moderated by Ms Dineke de Groot, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.

On 14 November, the second day of the meeting, the members of the Network will have an exchange ideas on “𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞” and “𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞”. The session focusing on “National Courts and International Crime” is prepared and moderated by Mr Christophe Soulard, First President of the French Cour de cassation and the keynote speech is delivered by Mr Bertram Schmitt, former judge of the International Criminal Court. The working session on “𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞” is prepared and moderated by Ms Bettina Limperg, President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany with a keynote intervention by Mr Mattias Guyomar, President of the European Court of Human Rights.
https://network-presidents.eu/event/presidents-supreme-courts-convene-their-annual-meeting-today-and-tomorrow-hague

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞, 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲

New Presidents of Supreme Courts have assumed office in Greece, Romania and Italy.

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞

Ms Anastasia Papadopoulou assumed office as President of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece “Areios Pagos” on 7 July 2025.

Ms Papadopoulou entered the judicial profession on May 26, 1989, as an Associate Judge at the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance. She was promoted to the rank of First Instance Judge in 1991. In 2005, Ms Papadopoulou was promoted to the rank of Presiding Judge of the Court of First Instance and served at the Drama Court of First Instance. In 2010, she was promoted to the rank of Judge of Appeal and served at the Thessaloniki Court of Appeal. In 2020, she was promoted to the rank of Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal.

In 2021, Ms Papadopoulou was promoted to the rank of Supreme Court Judge. She was initially assigned to the First Civil Department of the Supreme Court, and in 2022, by a unanimous decision of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Supreme Court, she was appointed Director General of the National School of Judicial Officers. In 2024, she was promoted to the rank of Vice-President of the Supreme Court and retained her position as Director General of the National School of Judicial Officers, where she served in this capacity for three years.

𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚

Ms Lia Savonea assumed office as President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania on 1 August 2025.

Ms Savonea is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (1996) and holds a Ph.D. in Criminal Procedural Law from Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest.

President Savonea began her judicial career in 1996 at the Court of First Instance of District 6 in Bucharest. Between 2001 and 2003, she served as President of this court, before being promoted to the Bucharest Tribunal, where she led the First Criminal Chamber from 2003 to 2008. In 2008, she promoted to the Bucharest Court of Appeal, Second Criminal Chamber, where she subsequently held key leadership roles, including vice-president and acting president of the court. From 2012 to 2023, she served as President of the Bucharest Court of Appeal. Concurrently, she was a member of the Superior Council of Magistracy from 2017 to 2023, holding the position of President of the Council in 2019.

In June 2023, Ms Savonea was promoted to judge of the Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Cassation and Justice.

𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲

Mr Pasquale D’Ascola assumed office as First President of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy on 9 September 2025.

Mr Pasquale D’Ascola has been a member of the Italian Judiciary since 1981, first as a first-instance single judge in Verona and then as a member of the first-instance Court of the same town. From 2001 to 2007 he served at the Study & Research Office of the Court of Cassation and then became Supreme Court justice. In 2018 he was appointed President of Chamber, and in January 2020 he became President of the Second Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court.

In October 2023 Pasquale D’Ascola was appointed Deputy President of the Court of Cassation, in charge of coordinating the civil chambers and presiding over the Civil Grand Chambers. https://network-presidents.eu/event/new-presidents-supreme-courts-greece-romania-and-italy

𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Today, the Commission published its sixth annual Rule of Law Report. The 2025 Rule of Law Report examines developments across all Member States, both positive and negative, in four key areas for the rule of law: the justice system, the anti-corruption framework, media pluralism and freedom, and other institutional issues related to checks and balances.

As it did in 2024, the Report does not only cover 27 Member States but also includes four country chapters dedicated to developments in Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.

Since 2022, the Report includes concrete recommendations to all Member States. The analysis in the 2025 Report therefore also contains a qualitative assessment of the progress made by the Member States towards implementing the previous years’ recommendations.

The press release of the 2025 Rule of Law Report is available here and the Report as well as all material related to it are available on this website.
https://network-presidents.eu/event/rule-law-report-2025

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

The Network’s Annual Report, presenting the activities of 2024, has been published. The Report gives an overview of the:

• Changes among Members, Associate Members and Observers of the Network,
• Meetings of the Board,
• Annual Conference of the Network held on 3-4 October 2024 in Athens, Greece,
• Exchange Programme of Supreme Court Judges,
• Consultation of the Network by the European Commission,
• Cooperation with other Judicial Networks,
• Website, Common Portal of Case Law and Intranet of the Network,
• Requests for Information submitted by Members, Associate Members and Observers of the Network,
• Activities of the Comparative Law Working Group.

We invite you to read the Annual Report of 2024, which is available for a download on the website of the Network: https://network-presidents.eu/event/2024-annual-report-network

𝐄𝐔 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Today, the European Commission published the thirteenth edition of the EU Justice Scoreboard, an annual report providing comparative data on the efficiency, quality, and independence of the justice systems among EU Member States. It shows that citizens in most Member States perceive judicial independence as having improved or remained stable, compared to last year.
This year’s Scoreboard also presents new indicators relevant for the single market, highlighting the essential role of efficient and independent justice systems in fostering a fair and competitive market environment.
Launched in 2013, the EU Justice Scoreboard serves as an analytic tool to monitor reforms related to the efficiency, quality and independence of the justice systems across EU Member States. It is part of the EU’s Rule of Law toolbox.
The 2025 Justice Scoreboard is available under this link:
https://network-presidents.eu/event/eu-justice-scoreboard-2025

𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬̌𝐞𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐧𝐞𝐫 assumed office as President of the Supreme Court of Slovakia on 21 May 2025.

𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬̌𝐞𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐧𝐞𝐫 has been working at the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic since 1 April 2016 as a judge of the Criminal Law Chamber, since 9 March 2018 as the President of the Senate, and since 24 October 2019 as the President of the Criminal Law Chamber.

Mr Mozner is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

From 1999 to 2008, he worked in the prosecutor’s office, first as a legal trainee at the District Prosecutor’s Office in Prešov, later as a prosecutor at the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Prešov in the department of first-instance criminal proceedings and the fight against organized crime.

In 2008, Mr Mozner was appointed to the position of judge with assignment to the District Court Košice I. In the years 2008–2016, he served as a judge of the Criminal Law College of the Regional Court in Prešov, and since January 2012 as the Chairman of the Criminal Law College.

In 2021, Mr Mozner became the President of the Association of Judges of Slovakia. Since 2018, he has been the representative of the Slovak Republic in the Consultative Council of European Judges. JUDr. František Mozner is an external member of the teaching staff of the Judicial Academy of the Slovak Republic.
https://network-presidents.eu/event/new-president-supreme-court-slovakia

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠
On Friday, 28 March 2025 the Joint Meeting between the Network and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) took place at the Court’s premises in Luxembourg. The Meeting, which focused on judicial independence and the GDPR supervision of judicial processing of personal data, was attended by Members and Observers of the Network, Members of the Court of Justice and Members of the General Court.
“I hope that the regular Joint Meetings with the CJEU, which the Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted, will now on resume their course. We all – the national courts and the CJEU – are important components of the legal machinery of the European Union. Dialogue through jurisprudence forms an important part of our everyday work. However, from time to time, and especially in turbulent times, it is essential to also meet and share experience in person. The focus of our Meeting, although approached from different angles, was judicial independence – the fundamental basis of cooperation in a Union built on democracy and the rule of law.” observed Mr Anders Eka, President of the Supreme Court Sweden and President of the Network.
The morning session “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲” was moderated by Mr Koen Lenaerts, President of the CJEU. Introductory remarks on behalf of the Network were delivered by Mr Donal O’Donnell, Chief Justice of Ireland. Mr Irmantas Jarukaitis, President of the Fourth Chamber, presented the theme on behalf of the CJEU.
The afternoon session “𝐆𝐃𝐏𝐑 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚” was moderated by President Anders Eka. Ms Dineke de Groot, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, was the keynote speaker for the Network. President Lenaerts, Ms Tamara Perišin, Judge at the General Court, and Mr Marc-André Gaudissart, Deputy Registrar at the Court of Justice, shared the experience of the CJEU in the field.
https://network-presidents.eu/event/court-justice-european-union-welcomed-members-and-observers-network-luxembourg

Ms Valentina Pavličić assumed office as President of the Supreme Court of Montenegro on 2 December 2024. President Pavličić became a judge in 2001 sitting primarily criminal law cases. Between 2013 and 2015 Ms Pavličić served as President of High Court of Podgorica. Before becoming the President of the Supreme Court, she served as the representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights. https://network-presidents.eu/event/new-president-supreme-court-montenegro-0

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧

𝐌𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨́ 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞́𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐡 is the President of the Supreme Court Spain and the General Council of the Judiciary since 4 September 2024.

Born in 1958, she joined the judiciary in 1985 and was assigned to the Court of First Instance and Investigation in Mahón (Menorca) and the Provincial Court of Barcelona.

A judge specialising in the administrative judicial branch since 1991, she also served in the Chamber for Contentious Administrative Proceedings of the High Court of Justice of Andalusia in Seville (1991-1992) and that of the National High Court (1993-1994 and 2001-2009). In addition, she was a counsel at the Constitutional Court (1994-2001). In 2009 she was appointed as judge of the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court, where she exercised her judicial functions until she was named president of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary.

Ms Perelló Doménech has participated in various courses on constitutional matters, comparative administrative law, telecommunications and constitutional case-law in gatherings organised by the General Council of the Judiciary on sport, regulation and justice. She has co-authored several works and collaborated on the book “La Europa de los Derechos: el Convenio Europeo de los Derechos Humanos” (Europe of Rights: the European Convention on Human Rights), published by the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies.

𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞
The Presidents of Supreme Courts of EU Members States, Albania, Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom convened on today for the Annual Conference to discuss on “The influence of European law on the Supreme Courts” and “The Attractiveness of the Judiciary”. The President of the European Court of Human Rights and the President of the EFTA Court also attend the Meeting.
Mr Anders Eka, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden and President of the Network:
“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦. 𝐴𝑡 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦’𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒. 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓.”
The working session on the “The influence of European law on the Supreme Courts” prepared and moderated by Mr Christophe Soulard, First President of the French Cour de cassation sheds light on the manner in which Supreme Courts have assimilated European law and, on the impact European law has had on the working methodologies of the courts.
The working session on “The Attractiveness of the Judiciary” prepared by Mr Petr Angyalossy, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Ms Danguolė Bublienė, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, and Mr Miodrag Đorđević, President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia, examines the key factors influencing the attractiveness of judicial careers, with a particular focus on critical areas such as remuneration, benefits, social security, special obligations, performance evaluation, selection and promotion procedures.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭
On 24 July 2024 the European Commission published the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, the fifth annual report examining the rule of law situation in each Member State. The report covers four pillars: national justice systems, anti-corruption frameworks, media freedom and pluralism as well as other institutional checks-and balances.

The 2024 report, as every year, includes a Communication examining the situation in the EU as a whole and 27 country chapters looking at significant developments in each Member State. This year’s report includes, for the first time, four country chapters on developments in 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐚.

The press release is available here and the Report and all material related to the Report are available on this website.