Names of Bulgarian judges in General Court of the EU will be announced on June 5

Minister of Justice Nikolay Naydenov has opened the procedure for hearing candidates for judges in the General Court of the EU. The timely announcement of these candidates is our obligation, which we must fulfil and we realize that this selection is of particular importance in view of the importance of the functioning of the institution, Naydenov said.

By April 24, 17 candidates submitted documents to participate in the competition. 13 were admitted and will be heard on May 26 and 29. Among the candidates are lawyers, judges, law professors. Some of them are employees of European institutions. The selection of two Bulgarian representatives in the court has been delayed a lot and for about a year Sofia has not had its own senior magistrates in the EU, which creates logistical problems for the institution itself, commented Caretaker Minister of Justice Andrey Yankulov at the start of the procedure in April, BTA reports.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov