The Institute for Transparency and Fundamental Rights of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) convened an academic discussion on 4 November 2026 on the theme "Administration's Compliance with Decisions of the Council of State and the Administrative Courts: Findings So Far and New Developments."
Bringing together senior members of the judiciary and legal academia, the event explored the challenges surrounding the implementation of judicial decisions by public authorities, recent jurisprudential developments, and ongoing legislative efforts to strengthen administrative compliance and accountability.
The discussion opened with remarks by Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of EPLO, and Professor Charalampos Tsiliotis, Director of the Institute for Transparency and Fundamental Rights. Proceedings were moderated by Dimitrios Skaltsounis, former President of the Council of State.
Contributions were delivered by Professor Eugenia Prevedourou of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dimitrios Pyrgakis, President of the Council of State, Professor Konstantinos Gousios of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and Assistant Professor Ilias Kouvaras of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, both members of the Ministry of Justice legislative drafting committee examining reforms to the framework governing administrative compliance with judicial decisions.
Discussions focused on the practical and legal dimensions of enforcing judicial rulings against public authorities, the effectiveness of existing compliance mechanisms, and current reform initiatives aimed at reinforcing the rule of law and strengthening public administration's accountability to the courts.
