Overview

• The Justice Ministry announced that only one judge of 6,259 and 28 prosecutors of 3,185 formally notified strike participation and will face three days of pay deductions.
• Judicial associations had claimed around 75% turnout for the three-day strike, but their estimates diverge sharply from the official tally.
• Spanish judges and prosecutors lack a clear legal framework for strikes, so participation data and service minimums are managed by associations rather than through official channels.
• Reforms under debate include new pathways for substitute judges and the transfer of investigative authority to prosecutors, which critics say could politicize merit-based selection.
• Conservative judicial associations dispute the low participation figures and have signaled potential further mobilizations if the reforms move forward unchanged.