http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200906-004931-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/its-urgent-ii/ It’s Urgent II Butler, Graham eng 2020-09-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 ECJ Eleanor Sharpston judicial independence Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On Friday 4 September 2020, Judge Anthony Collins of the General Court has ordered the suspension of operation and all consequential effects of the Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, in so far as it purports to appoint Mr. Athanasios Rantos to the position of Advocate General of the Court of Justice. The significance of this development for the independence of the judiciary in the EU and the general articulation of the rule of law in Europe is difficult to overestimate.