http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20201026-112504-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-time-to-speak-up/ The Time to Speak Up - Why the Reform of the Spanish Council of the Judiciary Disrespects European Standards Díaz Abad, Nuria eng 2020-10-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Law General Council of the Judiciary judicial independence Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The European Commission’s Rule of Law Report 2020, in its Spanish chapter, highlights in particular the situation of the Judicial Council as a challenge: The mandate of its members has expired in December 2018, but its new members have not yet been appointed. To unblock this situation a proposal was introduced in Parliament, but the envisaged reform does not comply with EU standards and endangers judicial independence, as the European Commission and GRECO have warned.