67In the present case, first, it is clear from the information provided by the referring court that, as with the circumstances prevailing in the case giving rise to the judgment of 27 February 2018, Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses (C‑64/16, EU:C:2018:117, paragraphs 46 to 49), the salary-reduction measures at issue in the main proceedings were adopted because of the overriding need to remove the excessive budget deficit of the Member State concerned and provided for a limited reduction of the amount of remuneration, the percentage of which varies according to the level of remuneration. The measures were applied not only to the members of the Spanish judiciary but, more widely, to various public office holders and employees performing duties in the public sector, including the representatives of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. They are, therefore, in the nature of general measures seeking a contribution from all members of the national civil service to the austerity effort dictated by the overriding need to reduce the Spanish State’s excessive budget deficit.
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