nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20221130-001537-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 221129s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20221130-001537-0 doi eng 342 23 Estella de Noriega, Antonio Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-2081-6878 Judges as Guardians of Promises - The Spanish debate on the reform of the Judiciary Estella de Noriega, Antonio Verfassungsblog 2022-11-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 16 November, the Minister for Equality accused the Spanish judiciary of being macho-ist: “macho-ism can compromise both the impartiality and the integrity of judicial systems; macho-ism may make judges apply the law erroneously and wrongly”, said the Minister. After much criticism, Podemos, in support of the Minister, rounded up her argument: “Spanish judges are fascists”. These comments are part of an intense battle that is being fought between the government (Psoe/Podemos) and the Spanish Popular Party regarding the renewal of the Spanish General Council for the Judiciary, the judges’ governing body. CC BY-SA 4.0 facism ideology machoism Podemos Spain Spanish judiciary Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/judges-as-guardians-of-promises/ raw object