http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/a82592bde1176b48 https://verfassungsblog.de/taking-revenge-for-dissent/ Taking Revenge for Dissent - Hungary’s Chief Justice to Fully Eliminate Judicial Autonomy Kovács, Ágnes eng 2023-12-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Europäische Union | Brüssel Straßburg Hungary Kúria Orban Orbán Viktor | 1963- | Politiker Jurist Soziologe Regierungschef Rechtsstaat Rule of Law Ungarn judicial dissent Europäische Union | Brüssel Straßburg Orbán Viktor | 1963- | Politiker Jurist Soziologe Regierungschef Rechtsstaat Ungarn Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Hungary’s latest judicial reform in May 2023 came in response to  EU decisions to suspend the country’s access to funds due to serious rule of law concerns. The reform aimed, among other things, to strengthen the independence of the Kúria, the Supreme Court of Hungary. Experience to date shows that while on the level of formal legal rules, some improvements towards the rule of law have been made, in actual daily practice, the opposite is happening: While steps have been taken to restore the independence of the Kúria, the Chief Justice is working on further eroding the independence of individual judges.