Romanian magistrates criticise Wage Law draft for budgetary sector

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) harshly criticised the draft law on the uniform remuneration of personnel paid from public funds (the Wage Law) published by the Labour Ministry for debate, claiming that its provisions “will definitively undermine the functioning of justice”. The law, under construction at the Labour Ministry since 2021, under the Social Democrats’ control over the entire period, is a milestone under the Resilience Facility with a grant of over EUR 700 million attached.

“The provisions of the draft law, through their concrete content and the effects they will produce regarding the salary and salary-related rights of magistrates, undermine the constitutional position of the judiciary as a power in the Romanian state, and not only its financial independence,” the CSM release reads, as quoted by Digi24.