nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190807-201241-8 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190807s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190807-201241-8 doi eng 342 23 Vadász, Viktor Author aut A Hungarian Judge Seeks Protection from the CJEU – Part II Vadász, Viktor Verfassungsblog 2019-08-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In 2012, Hungary introduced a unique system of judicial administration that was criticized by domestic and international actors. This criticism has been validated by events since then which have shown that the National Judicial Council, the highest collective body of judges, is practically unable to counter-balance the broad powers of the President of the National Judicial Office (NJO). This has caused tensions between judges and the judicial administration, something that was predictable in 2012 when the system was introduced and has led to what can only be described as a ‘constitutional crisis’. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 judicial independence judicial self-governance rule of law crisis Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-hungarian-judge-seeks-protection-from-the-cjeu-part-ii/ raw object