nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220927-230658-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220927s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220927-230658-0 doi eng 342 23 Kovács, Ágnes Author aut Defective Judicial Appointments in Hungary - The Supreme Court is Once Again Embroiled in Scandal Kovács, Ágnes Verfassungsblog 2022-09-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In recent years, a series of irregularities have been revealed in relation to judicial appointments in Hungary which have compromised judicial independence and raised serious rule of law concerns. These problems have been highlighted by various domestic and international stakeholders, and issues in the judiciary have become a core chapter in negotiations between Hungary and the EU within the framework of several rule of law mechanisms. The latest round of debates revolves around judicial appointments made by Chief Justice Varga to the Supreme Court which again raise the problem of institutional manipulation of the rules safeguarding the independence of the judiciary. CC BY-SA 4.0 András Varga Hungarian Supreme Court judicial independence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/defective-judicial-appointments-in-hungary/ raw object