It is with profound sadness that the Court of Justice of the European Union has to announce the death of Mr Barna Berke, judge of the General Court of the European Union.

Born in 1966, Mr Berke was a lawyer at the Budapest bar and a legal adviser at the Hungarian Parliament during the process for Hungary’s accession to the European Union. Moreover, he was Vice-President of the Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (Competition Authority, Hungary) and Chairman of the Versenytanács (Competition Council, Hungary). He was subsequently appointed State Secretary for European and International Judicial Cooperation at the Ministry of Justice of Hungary. He was judge at the General Court from 19 September 2016. Press contact: Jacques René Zammit  (+352) 4303 335