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Quality of interpretation problematic at Hungarian courts?
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On November 10, the Pest county court wanted to continue the trial in the 2019 Danube boat tragedy. However, the judge could not question the South Korean survivors because they did not understand what the interpreter said.
According to telex.hu, the judge asked for a new interpreter who could not translate one of the court warnings. Therefore, he had to postpone the hearings and search for a new interpreter. Thus, the trial will continue in December.
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The Public Prosecutor’s did not violate EU law when he declared unlawful a Budapest judge’s decision to suspend a criminal case pending a decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union, the public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The statement came in reaction to a ruling of the CJEU on Tuesday, which said the right of European Union member states to turn to the CJEU enjoys primacy, so the courts are within their rights to ignore all decisions prohibiting them to seek guidance from the CJEU.
In its statement, the prosecutor’s office said the prosecutor’s decision pertained to the fact that the judge had suspended the Hungarian criminal court procedure rather than to the judge’s request to the CJEU. Whereas the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, also initiated disciplinary proceedings against the judge who referred the case to the CJEU, it later retracted them, it added.
In its statement, the prosecutor’s office said the prosecutor’s decision pertained to the fact that the judge had suspended the Hungarian criminal court procedure rather than to the judge’s request to the CJEU. Whereas the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, also initiated disciplinary proceedings against the judge who referred the case to the CJEU, it later retracted them, it added.