Overview
- The CGPJ approved the change on September 24, setting a seniority top‑up worth up to €839 a month for non‑official members and adding €753.60 a year per three‑year period for officials.
- After media reports this week, the progressive JJpD said the deal was kept from the public and is still missing from the council’s transparency site.
- Two other associations, AJFV and FJI, called the timing wrong because the council refuses to apply Spain’s workplace‑safety law to judges, a stance that has led to more than €300,000 in court‑ordered payouts.
- The council says this is not a pay rise but an overdue adjustment created in 1998 and enabled by the 2022 budget law, and it says the update also covers more than 500 employees, or over 65% of its staff.
- The measure advanced after talks between conservative and progressive blocs and passed with 18 votes, and critics warn it will deepen mistrust in a body many in the judiciary see as politicized.