Chief justices’ meeting in Győr

Date
Country
Hungary
City
Győr

On 7 October 2022, Győr hosted a meeting between the President of the Curia and his Czech and Slovak counterparts to discuss cooperation between the supreme judicial forums of the three countries.

The meeting was held in a cordial and constructive atmosphere and was attended by Mr. Petr Angyalossy, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Mr. Ján Šikuta, President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic, and Ms. Andrea Moravčíková, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic.

On behalf of the Curia, Dr. András Zs. Varga, President of the Curia, Dr. Katalin Böszörményi-Kovács, Vice-President of the Curia, Erika Oláh, Head of the Presidential Cabinet, and Dr. Lipót Höltzl, Head of the International Department of the Curia, were present at the meeting.

The participants discussed the possibilities of further developing professional cooperation between the Hungarian, Slovak and Czech supreme judicial forums, the relations between the National Judicial Councils and the Supreme Courts, the national criteria for becoming a Supreme Court judge and the effectiveness of measures taken to address the problem of procedural delays.

Budapest, 7 October 2022

Communications Department of the Curia of Hungary