Judges who raised magistrates’ salaries through final rulings have violated five decisions of the Constitutional Court / “That doesn’t matter,” rules a judge from the Bucharest Court of Appeals

In 2008 and 2009, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) issued five decisions intended to put an end to the practice whereby courts granted salary increases to magistrates, even though the salary laws adopted by Parliament did not provide for such increases. Although CCR decisions are generally binding on all public authorities, courts systematically ignored...