The Council of Ministers will approve this Tuesday one of the largest reforms in recent years. According to Spanish government sources confirmed to Efe on Monday, the executive branch will definitively approve a bill that includes changes to the State Attorney General's Office to depoliticize it. The reform also incorporates modifications to the Criminal Procedure Law, the main new feature of which is the position of the investigating prosecutor. The proposal seeks to establish that the direction of criminal investigations will be in the hands of prosecutors rather than judges, as has been the case until now.

The plenary session of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) has unanimously decided not to recognize the strike called by judges and prosecutors announced by five associations—all except the progressive ones—for next week. Thursday's agreement warns the organizers that the strike has no "legislative support" because the right to strike is not regulated for judges. Therefore, it concludes that "it is not appropriate to announce it," and recalls that it had already issued similar statements regarding the strikes called in 2009, 2012, and 2013. The organizing associations have criticized the decision and have already announced that they will continue the strike, which they consider "a legitimate, proportionate, and responsible measure."

Most judges' and prosecutors' associations, none of the progressive ones, have called for a protest this Wednesday against the Spanish government's plans to modify access to the judiciary and the Organic Statute of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The five associations signing the call call for a 10-minute strike, starting at 12 noon, outside all judicial buildings in the country. The manifesto read by the organizers outside the court buildings warned the Spanish government: "We do not rule out a strike." Meanwhile, coinciding with the strike, Isabel Perelló, president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), warned that "judges cannot be degraded."

Melanie Barba finished second in her class to qualify for the public prosecutor exam and in a few weeks will begin her internship in Madrid, where she is completing her training. Early next year, she will be a public prosecutor and will return to Catalonia to practice. Judge Isabel Olmos, born in Barcelona, ​​issued her first ruling in a court in Sant Boi de Llobregat and has been serving in the Fourth Chamber of the Supreme Court for about two months. Both have in common that they prepared for the exam with the help of a scholarship from the Generalitat (Catalan government), which, after more than a decade, The inactive exams resumed in 2022. This Tuesday, the call opens again for those who want to prepare to become a judge, prosecutor, or legal representative in the administration of justice.

Judges and prosecutors unanimously condemned the First Vice President of the Spanish government, María Jesús Montero. In a statement on Monday, all the relevant associations condemned the PSOE minister. He called the verdict that acquitted Dani Alves a "shame" of sexual assault and criticized the fact that the footballer's presumption of innocence is "above" the victim's witness. "It is essential that institutions and public representatives respect and support the work of judges and magistrates, and avoid comments that could undermine confidence in our judicial system," the group of judges and prosecutors responded. This Tuesday, the General Council of the Judiciary joined in, warning politicians that they must "balance their legitimate right to criticism with preserving citizens' trust in institutions."