nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210420-184733-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210420s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210420-184733-0 doi eng 342 23 Bárd, Petra Author aut Jeopardizing Judicial Dialogue is Contrary to EU Law - The AG Opinion in the IS case Bárd, Petra Verfassungsblog 2021-04-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 15 April 2021, AG Pikamäe delivered his opinion in the IS case, originating from a Hungarian criminal proceeding against a Swedish national. The national judge referred three questions for preliminary reference to the CJEU, one regarding the suspect’s right to translation and two regarding the general status of judicial independence in Hungary. As a reaction, the Hungarian Prosecutor General initiated a so-called “appeal in the interests of the law” and the Hungarian Supreme Court held the reference to be unlawful. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Hungary judicial independence preliminary reference Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/jeopardizing-judicial-dialogue-is-contrary-to-eu-law/ raw object