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On 24 October 2024, a Turkish delegation led by Yilmaz Tunç, Minister of Justice and President of the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors, was received by Dr. Péter Szabó, President of the National Judicial Council. The Turkish guests showed great interest in the constitutional status, operation and challenges of the National Judicial Council.
A six-member delegation of the Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic, led by President Dr. Marcela Kosová, visited the National Judicial Council on October 22, 2024. The delegation was welcomed by President Dr. Péter Szabó, Deputy President Dr. Rita Varga, and Press Spokesperson Dr. Ildikó Kovács, members Dr. Csaba Pecsenye and Dr. József Surányi.
On October 21, 2024, an eight-member delegation of the European Union Affairs Committee of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), led by Vice-President Markus Töns, visited the National Judicial Council. The parliamentarians were welcomed by President Dr. Péter Szabó, Vice-President Dr. Rita Varga, Press Spokesperson Dr. Ildikó Kovács and Member Dr. Ágnes Hild.
Dr. Péter Szabó, President of the National Judicial Council, and Dr. Bence Tuzson, Minister of Justice, adopted the attached joint statement on October 16, 2024.
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On October 1, 2024, Minister of Justice Ph.D. Bence Tuzson gave the attached answer to the request of Ph.D. Péter Szabó, President of the National Judicial Council, dated September 11, 2024.
On September 27, 2024, the president of the NJC met with judges and judicial employees by the invitation of Pécs Court of Justice, Ph.D. Balázs Sipos, and the president of the Pécs Tribunal, Ph.D. Tamás Turi.
The President of the National Judicial Council addressed the letter in the attachment to Ph.D. Bence Tuzson, the Minister of Justice of Hungary.
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The European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) issued the following statement on 24 July 2024 on the situation of the remuneration of Hungarian judges.