Despite the appeals to "Europe" launched by various political parties to intervene in the unprecedented battle between the judges of the Constitutional Court and the Government, Brussels avoids getting involved for the moment. The European Commission "closely follows the situation" in Spain and "is aware of the decision of the Constitutional Court" but, in accordance with its policy of not commenting on judicial decisions, it has nothing to say about the latest chapter of the confrontation. between the judiciary and the legislature, said the justice spokesman for the community executive, Christian Wigand.
"We hope that all the national authorities and actors act in accordance with the norms established at the national level," added Wigand, asked about the situation in Spain after, last night, the plenary session of the Constitutional Court decided to paralyze the legal reform promoted by PSOE and Unidas Podemos in Parliament to change, by an accelerated route, the system of election of the candidates to the TC that the General Council of the Judiciary appoints to get out of the current blockade situation, by admitting the appeal presented by the PP against the two amendments tabled to make it possible. The community spokesman has also avoided commenting on the proposed legislative reform itself although "they continue to closely monitor the situation."
The European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, in charge of the reports on the rule of law in the countries of the European Union that the community executive publishes every year, did recently rule on the appointment by the Government of Pedro Sánchez of his former minister , Juan Carlos Campo, as a Constitutional magistrate, in which he has no objection. "It is not the only country in which this situation occurs," he said on the sidelines of a press conference on November 30. "We are going to see how we analyze the exact situation of this nomination, but what we are asking for in the first place is to renew the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) that allows all the appointments to be made in the Constitutional Court."
For Brussels, the "priority" is to renew the CGPJ so that, from there, the necessary legal changes can be put in place to bring the model for the election of judges closer to European standards, so that magistrates have a greater weight in the election of their governing body. On his last visit to Spain, Reynders, whose close contacts with the PP have been viewed with suspicion by the government, insisted on his putting pressure on the political parties to unblock the situation.
