http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/b85e0a8dd922d7cd https://verfassungsblog.de/judicial-remunerations/ Paying Judges Properly - CJEU’s Criteria on Judicial Remuneration in Hungary G. Szabó, Dániel eng 2025-03-07 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 EU EU Joined Cases C‑146/23 and C‑374/23 Judicial Independance Judicial remunerations Ungarn EU Ungarn Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 22 February, several thousand marched in Budapest for an independent judiciary, including fair pay for judges. Three days later, the CJEU issued a decision in Joined Cases C‑146/23 and C‑374/23, setting out the EU law criteria for judges’ remuneration. The decision sets general minimum criteria for the remuneration of judges to guarantee their independence and is highly relevant for Hungary, where the salary pathway for judges is not set by law, it is not judicially enforceable, and the entire system lacks foreseeability.