The fight within the judiciary, waged less and less discreetly between the power core coagulated around the Section for judges of the Superior Council of Magistracy and the opposition group vocally represented by members of the Section for prosecutors, re-emerge with unprecedented force after the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the approach of the High Court of Cassation and Justice on the matter of prescription for serious fraud affecting the financial interests of the European Union, and the European Commission noted, in its 2026 Rule of Law Report, the lack of progress in investigating corruption in magistracy, the pressures exerted even from within the judicial system and the blocking of some steps to reform the Justice Laws.
