Separation of powers

Chairman of the expert Committee on the justice package Florin Iordache said on Thursday that if necessary, the Venice Commission's opinion will be sought on the amendments to the judiciary laws.

The committee met with EC First Vice-President Frans Timmermans on Thursday.

The European Union has expressed concern over recent developments undermining the rule of law and independence of the judiciary in Turkey, following legal action against executive committee members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB).

The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe, will be involved in drafting recommended constitutional changes that it hopes will pave the way for judicial reform in Serbia in 2018. 

86% of Bulgarians say they do not know what the judicial reform is. Nearly half of them add that they are not interested. This shows a new national representative survey of the Median Agency conducted between July 12-18, 2017, among 1002 people at 125 points in the country, reported bTV.

Leader of Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy (ND), Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused the Greek government of directly circumventing the power of the Judicial system. In a statement on occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the restoration of the Republic, Mr.

Attacks by the government on the country's judicial system have crossed every line. They have gotten so bad and done so much damage that they can be considered indefensible acts.

Just the other day, a government official targeted judges who have presided over certain serious cases. It is difficul to understand why and what the end-game can possibly be.

In a democratic country, opposition counts. Democratic systems function with checks and balances. They also rely on transparency, accountability and responsibility. In parliamentary democracies, the legislative body is the reassurance of checks and balances.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Wednesday asked that a Rethymno court revoke a ruling ordering 80 days of community service for three schoolchildren who were found guilty of participating in the occupation of their schools last September.

I listened very carefully to the speech of Zerrin Güngör, president of the Council of State (Danıştay). As in every long speech, there were both correct and questionable aspects.