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The Council of State has recommended against raising the mandatory retirement age for judges, rejecting a proposal to extend service beyond 67, according to positions adopted by the court’s Administrative Plenary.
The country’s supreme administrative court voted 37-50 against raising the retirement ceiling to 70, with the rapporteur warning that keeping the same judges at senior levels too long risks “institutional rigidity” and blocks fresh perspectives.
“Accumulated wisdom is not enough when fatigue is already visible in judges over 60,” one member noted.
By a sweeping 50-3 margin, the plenary also rejected establishing a Constitutional Court, defending Greece’s existing diffuse judicial review system. Supporters of a Constitutional Court had cited the need for faster rulings and unified jurisprudence, but critics warned it would introduce further delays.
