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Updated Wednesday, January 31, 2024-17:32

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Five years of blockade. Five attempts to unblock the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). Hour and a half meeting in Brussels for the thaw. Government and PP have met in the European capital in a meeting that everyone describes as "cordial." A negotiation that is shrouded in secrecy and that will have a new appointment on

February 12

.

The Minister of Justice,

Félix Bolaños

, has stated that the meeting he held in Brussels with the Deputy Secretary of Institutional Affairs of the PP,

Esteban González Pons

, and the mediation of the Justice Commissioner of the European Commission,

Didier Reynders

, to try to reach an agreement agreement for the renewal of the CGPJ has been a "cordial and constructive meeting." Bolaños has not reported any progress in the negotiation, but has reported that on February 12 they will hold a new meeting to try to move towards an agreement.

For its part, the PP has issued a statement in which it "seems satisfied" after the first meeting between Esteban González Pons and Félix Bolaños. "All CGPJ issues will be discussed as we have been demanding," states the PP in a note issued after the meeting in Brussels.

"It is the approach that the European Commission has always defended and that the Popular Party defends," the PP emphasizes in its note. "Spanish Justice needs politicians who defend judges and not control them," he adds.

In the opinion of the PP, "the insults poured out in recent weeks by members of the Government and their partners towards judges who do not act in accordance with their preferences make it more necessary than ever to implement mechanisms that eliminate political control of the body." of government of the judges".

Bolaños, in a brief appearance before the media in Brussels, stated that "it is essential for institutional normality that we reach an agreement." And he added: "On our part it won't stay." According to him, "Justice cannot stand the blockade any longer."