Romania: How Judges and Prosecutors Fight for European Values

Abstract

In Roamnia, the judges and prosecutors staged unprecedented protests, largely supported by university professors and students, as well as civil society and actors. In essence, the protests came after the Parliament adopted the so-called 'justice laws', consisting in substantial changes in the three main laws affecting the organization and the statute of the judiciary without taking into consideration the firm opposition of more than half of the judiciary.

Keywords: Judiciary, magistracy, prosecutors, constitutionality, cooperation and verification mechanism