In 2023, 821 cases, including 518 preliminary rulings (94 from Germany, 51 from Bulgaria and 48 from Poland), were brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), according to the annual activity report just published by the EU institution. The average duration of proceedings was just over 16 months and, at the end of 2023, the number of pending cases was 1,149.
According to its President, Koen Lenaerts, the Court is increasingly dealing with “sensitive matters...