On Wednesday, 29 June, Member States’ permanent representatives (Coreper) appointed seven judges to the General Court of the EU.
Marc Jaeger and Dean Spielmann of Luxembourg and Mirela Stancu and Ion Gâlea of Romania were reappointed. Dutchman Steven Verschuur was appointed to his first term of office as a judge. These appointments are for terms of office that begin on 1 September and end on 31 August 2028. They are part of the partial renewal of the General Court that is taking place in 2022 and concerns 26 judicial posts.
Beatrix Ricziová of Slovakia was appointed as a judge of the General Court for a period lasting from the date the appointing decision enters into force to 31 August 2022. According to a press release from the Council of the EU, this appointment was made in the context of a vacant post linked to the partial renewal of the General Court in 2016.
Finally, Hungarian Tihamér Tóth was appointed to be a judge until 31 August, following the death of his compatriot Barna Berke. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)