Europese rechters: “Vernietiging onafhankelijke rechtspraak bedreigt EU”
24 september 2019Drie toonaangevende organisaties in de internationale rechtspraak uiten hun diepe zorgen over de systematische ondermijning van de rechtsstatelijke kernwaarden van de EU in een brief aan Ursula von der Leyen, de toekomstig president van de Europese Commissie. Een van de organisaties in de Europese Rechtersvereniging waar de NVvR bij is aangesloten.
In de brief schrijven de organisaties onder meer: “… we are deeply concerned that our common legal order is at risk, considering that several Member States are systematically undermining the core values on which the Union is based. In particular, the independence of the judiciary is being severely threatened, and the separation of powers between the executive branch and the judicial branch is being dismantled.
These Member States are seeking to use the judiciary in their countries primarily as an instrument for government policy.”