The Guardian of the Seals, Didier Migaud, announced this Thursday to AFP that he had obtained an additional allocation of 250 million euros for his ministry within the framework of the 2025 budget project, partially reversing the cut of almost 500 million contained in the executive’s initial project. .
The Minister of Justice welcomed this arbitration which, according to him, will allow “honoring and respecting all the commitments made with the magistrates, the registry staff, the legal assistants and the prison staff” during the vote on the Justice programming law in October. 2023.
This law, promoted by the former Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, promised the hiring of 10,000 people in five years, including 1,500 magistrates, 1,800 secretaries and 1,100 judicial attachés. Around 1,550 jobs are expected to be created in 2025, or 1,000 more than anticipated in the cap letter.
A budget that “remains modest”
The Minister of Justice warned after Michel Barnier’s announcement of the 2025 budget that he would not remain in government if the justice budget was not improved. Didier Migaud added that some credits initially planned for the real estate program and, in particular, for the construction of new prison places will not be mobilized, specifying that the project of 18,000 additional prison places was not abandoned but rescheduled.
“I note that a certain number of planned operations will not be able to be carried out and will therefore not require the mobilization of the planned appropriations and commitment authorizations.”
Satisfied with the favorable decision from which his ministry benefited, Didier Migaud recalled that “the justice budget remains modest” and that it must “return to being a priority.”
Source: BFM TV