On Monday 29 July, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in case C-119/23 that a Member State that has set up a group of independent experts to assess candidates for the office of judge of the General Court of the EU may propose a candidate from the list other than the highest-ranked candidate, provided that he or she satisfies the requirements of independence and professional capacity laid down in the Treaties.
While Virgilijus Valančius led the merit list of candidates for his own...