COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Justice

Court holds that transversal and temporary nature of wage cuts respect judges' autonomy

Brussels, 27/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday 27 February (C-64/16), the salary reductions applied to the judges of the Tribunal de Contas (Court of Auditors in Portugal) do not infringe the principle of judicial independence.

The Trade Union of Portuguese Judges brought an action before the Supreme Administrative Court in Portugal opposing the wage cuts of the judges at the Court of Auditors in Portugal between October 2014 and January 2016 because the salary-reduction...