3 of the 14 Constitutional Court judges are to be replaced in the next weeks, because they reach the legal maximum age of 70 and will therefore retire.
The current Presiding Judge of the Constitutional Court will be among them and will be the first to be replaced (by the ÖVP/FPÖ government, which has the nomination right for the presiding judge).
The other 2 are to be nominated by the Parliament (1 by the National Council and 1 by the Federal Council, with hearings).
The FPÖ said before the election that their aim is to replace the 3 outgoing judges with at least 2 "FPÖ-leaning" ones (it remains to be seen if the ÖVP agrees).
Treating constitutional courts as appointed chambers of parliament is bad and politicians who do it should feel bad
