nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/b986e269878b037f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250905s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/b986e269878b037f doi eng 342 23 Čuroš, Peter Author aut Authoritarians Who Hate Judicial Accountability Čuroš, Peter Verfassungsblog 2025-09-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Slovakia, a unique situation is unfolding. The country is ruled by an authoritarian government that restricts fundamental rights of its citizens, puts independent institutions under political control, exploits fast-track legislative procedures, and threatens the judges of the constitutional court. Yet, this same government is in favour of more judicial autonomy, less accountability, and higher salaries for judges. The government thus seems to have hit upon a convenient strategy: granting judges greater benefits in exchange for their loyalty. CC BY-SA 4.0 democracy Democratic Backsliding Slovakia Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/authoritarians-who-hate-judicial-accountability/ raw object