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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10656
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Hungarian law on retirement age for judges rescinded

Brussels, 16/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Hungarian constitutional court, on Monday 16 July, rescinded the law, challenged by the European Union, which required judges to retire at age 62, the Reuters agency reports. The court took the view that this law infringed the independence of the Hungarian judiciary. That part of the law which lowered the age limit, previously set at 70, was found by the court to be in breach of the Constitution, and application was annulled retrospectively from 1...

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