Spain’s Sanchez Marks Win in Clash With Judges Over Top Court
- Parliament backed change on how top judges are appointed
- Legislation highlights deepening political polarization
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pushed through legislation to allow his two nominees to be appointed to a top court, escalating tensions with the judiciary over a long-running political impasse about the selection of judges.
On Thursday, lawmakers approved a proposal to change how the judiciary’s governing council, the CGPJ, operates, paving the way for the appointment of Sanchez’s nominees to the Constitutional Court.