http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210223-153836-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/a-political-impasse-and-how-to-get-out-of-it/ A Political Impasse, and How to Get Out of It Ruiz Robledo, Agustín eng 2021-02-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 General Council of the Judiciary judicial independence Vera Jourova Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 At the end of January, EU Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová addressed a letter to a Spanish MEP. In this letter, the Commissioner, using diplomatic language, expressed her concern that the reform of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), initiated by the ruling Spanish left-wing coalition PSOE-Unidas Podemos in September, could diminish the independence of this governing body of the Judiciary and thus of all judges and courts.