nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/b85e0a8dd922d7cd DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250307s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/b85e0a8dd922d7cd doi eng 342 23 G. Szabó, Dániel Author aut Paying Judges Properly - CJEU’s Criteria on Judicial Remuneration in Hungary G. Szabó, Dániel Verfassungsblog 2025-03-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU EU Joined Cases C‑146/23 and C‑374/23 Judicial Independance Judicial remunerations Ungarn (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/judicial-remunerations/ raw object