EU's Involvement in the Renewal of the Spanish Council of the Judiciary – Verfassungsblog

The growing political polarization of Western liberal democracies often leads to situations of political deadlock that require the intervention of an external authority capable of untangling the knot. After the second (fruitless) meeting held today between Commissioner Reynders and representatives of the Spanish government and the main opposition party, there is no simple solution in sight to an issue of the renewal of the Spanish Council of the Judiciary with significant implications for the immediate future of the Spanish political scenario. In this blog, I argue that underneath all the technical layers of legal order invoked under the generic defence of the rule of law, there are political and democratic debates for which the EU may play an important yet uncertain and questionable role.

Related Keywords

Spain , Spanish , Mariano Rajoy , James Madison , European Commission , Councils For The Judiciary , Spanish Socialist Party , Supreme Court , Involvement Of The European Commission , Spanish Council Of The Judiciary , Council Of The Judiciary , Commissioner Reynders , Spanish Council , Law Reports , General Council , Spanish Constitution , Organic Law , Member States , Federalist Paper ,