Appointment of Maria Berger to the panel set up under Article 255 of the TFEU
2025/2223(INS)
The European Parliament decided by 441 votes to 170, with 22 abstentions, to propose the appointment of Maria Berger (AT) to the panel set up under Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Under Article 255, a panel shall be set up in order to give an opinion on candidates' suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and the General Court before the governments of the Member States make the appointments.
The panel shall comprise seven people chosen from among former members of the Court of Justice and the General Court, members of national supreme courts and lawyers of recognised competence, one of whom shall be proposed by the European Parliament.