Judges and prosecutors call off the indefinite strike after reaching an agreement with the Government of Spain

All associations of judges and prosecutorsexcept for the Professional Association of the Magistracy (APM) —the majority of the judges—, have reached an agreement with the Ministries of Justice and Finance of the Government of Spain to avoid the indefinite strike and have accepted the offer of 46.7 million euros, which translates into about 450 euros more per month that will be applied to the entire race. The official signing of the pact It will take place on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.

edmundo rodriguez, spokesman for Judges and Judges for Democracy, was the first to inform the press that the agreement was reached this Thursday, although without unanimity. “We have just finished the text that is going to be signed next Tuesday. We have reached an agreement with six of the seven judicial associations together with the Government and the other representatives,” he pointed out while stressing that the Remuneration Table will remain ” open” for the future.

After five meetings, six of the seven associations of judges and prosecutors have closed this Thursday the last “fringes” of the negotiation and have put an end to the conflict and the strike call that four of them had scheduled for Monday, May 22.

The APM has distanced itself from the pact by considering the Ministry’s proposal “insufficient”, but has not specified whether it plans to make a stoppage.