Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN), in Paris, France, on April 1, 2025. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Tuesday, April 1, accused authorities of aiming to prevent his Rassemblement National (RN) party from taking power after Marine Le Pen, the party’s figurehead and former presidential election … Read more
João Pedro Sousa (master’s student in European Union Law at the School of Law of the University of Minho) 1. Preliminary considerations Judicial independence is a fundamental pillar of the rule of law enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). It guarantees that judges are free from external pressures – whether … Read more
What US Judges Can Learn From the German Experience The Trump administration is engaged in a battle over the “mode of rule” of the American society. During his presidential campaign, in March 2023, Donald Trump announced a 10-point plan to dismantle the “deep state”. According to the Claremont Institute, a think tank that works “to … Read more
Juan Gálvez Galisteo (PhD student at the University of Seville, undertaking a research stay at the University of Minho) I. 27 February 2018. This is the date on which the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its landmark judgment in the “Portuguese Judges” case [Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v. Tribunal … Read more
Remarks After the First Year of the Restoration of the Rule of Law in Poland Disclaimer: The author worked for Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland as an expert on lay judges, and since 18th of October 2024 has been appointed as a Minister of Justice Plenipotentiary for the Open Judiciary. According to … Read more