PARIS (Reuters) – The Minister of Justice Jean-Jacques Urvoas Friday announced additional 14 million euro budget for Justice in 2016, while French judges denounce a lack of resources and a genuine asphyxiation of institution.
This exceptional redeployment “an increase of more than a third of the amount initially allocated,” he said in a statement.
it will to finance the needs of temporary reinforcements in terms of courts judges and allocate 300 contractors with full-time contracts up until 31 December 2016.
During a Friday trip to Chartres (Eure- et-Loire), Jean-Jacques Urvoas stressed a “paradoxical situation”.
“Our courts are overheating, asphyxiated by mass litigation and drowned by the steady increase of the tasks entrusted to judges. and at the same time, the magistrates vacancy rate has never been so important, “he said.
the Minister, who succeeded Christiane Taubira late January, s ‘committed to obtain a larger budget for justice.
“I have fifteen months ahead of me that will be dedicated to a priority obtain substantial resources for this ministry,” he declared at her handover.
(Gerard Bon, edited by Yves Clarisse)
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