Hungary's president on Monday nominated a Budapest judge to head the countr...
BUDAPEST - Hungary’s president on Monday nominated a Budapest judge to head the country’s powerful judiciary office for the next nine years, amid concerns that nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban might be encroaching on judicial independence.
However, despite an overhaul in 2011 which triggered a conflict with the European Union at the time, the judiciary has remained one of the most independent bodies in Hungary. In April, the European Association of Judges visited Budapest and said in a report that Hando was in effect neutralizing the panel that was supposed to oversee her work.In a July 8 recommendation, the Council of the European Union also warned that “checks and balances, which are crucial to ensuring judicial independence, are seen to be under further pressure within the ordinary courts system.
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