The Council of Ministers has approved the introduction of psycho-aptitude tests for access to the profession of magistrate.
The Superior Council of the Judiciary will appoint the university professors in psychological subjects - on the recommendation of the National University Council, an independent body of the university - who will constitute the judging commission . The psycho-aptitude interview will take place during the oral test and those who have passed the written test will receive written tests identified by the CSM, on the model of those used for those carried out on police officers, before the oral test . The latter will form the basis for the future psycho-aptitude interview.
The psycho-aptitude tests for access to the profession of magistrate will apply for the notices published starting from 2026, therefore not for the competitions already announced . And the competitions already announced will therefore continue with the current rules. In the meantime, the CSM will have the opportunity to organize itself to structure the new procedures envisaged for appointments.
The position taken by the National Association of Magistrates is clear: «More than a disaster, it is a symbolic rule, the aim was to create a suggestion in public opinion, that is: these magistrates need psychological control», said the president Giuseppe Santalucia , who recalled how similar tests were abolished in France after remaining in force for only a few years.
(Unioneonline/lf)
