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EU Commission Expresses Concerns About Austria's Judicial System
In its published rule of law report, the EU Commission expressed several concerns about Austria. In principle, the independence of the Austrian judicial system is highly regarded, the country-specific document states.
The EU has criticized Austria for lack of progress in establishing an independent federal prosecutor's office and in the Freedom of Information Act. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / ACBahn / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
At the same time, however, the Brussels-based authority noted little progress in establishing an independent federal prosecutor's office free of directives and in the Freedom of Information Act.
Criticism was also leveled at the reform process. Although the judicial system in Austria was undergoing an important reform process, there was concern that the need for judicial…
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