Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) 27 February 2018, C-64/16 (Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v Tribunal de Contas.)

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The Court (Grand Chamber) ruled on 27 February 2018 regarding the interpretation of Article 19(1) TEU and Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, focusing on the obligations of Member States to ensure effective judicial protection and judicial independence. The Court determined that temporary salary-reduction measures applied to members of the Tribunal de Contas (Court of Auditors, Portugal) as part of budgetary austerity do not infringe upon the principle of judicial independence, as these measures were general and aimed at addressing an excessive budget deficit. Consequently, such measures are permissible under EU law, affirming the balance between financial constraints and judicial independence.AI