nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201015-233626-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201015s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201015-233626-0 doi eng 342 23 Nieva-Fenoll, Jordi Author aut Justice and Independence, an Actual Problem in Spain Nieva-Fenoll, Jordi Verfassungsblog 2020-10-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On October 13, the Spanish Government presented a bill to Parliament with one main objective: to reduce the parliamentary majorities to appoint the members of the General Council of the Judiciary. Its purpose is to overcome a political blockage in the renewal of its members, which has already lasted two years. But the government's attempt, somehow awkward, has been quickly compared to maneuvers to control the judiciary in Poland and Hungary. However, this bill and those exaggerated criticisms conceal a much more relevant and, above all, sadder reality. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 judicial independence Judiciary politicized judiciary Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/justice-and-independence-an-actual-problem-in-spain/ raw object