Voted on Monday, this 8% increase follows that of last year.
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The lights are green for Place Vendôme. The deputies began Monday, October 25 the examination of the second part of the 2022 finance bill by adopting the increased budget for justice, providing for the creation of a reserve for the judicial protection of young people (PJJ).
Against the background of an overall increase in the appropriations of sovereign ministries, Justice sees its increase by 8%, after a previous increase in 2021, i.e. a budget that will be inflated by 720 million euros in 2022 to reach nearly 9 billion euros. ‘euros. “We have no reason to be in autoflagellation”, squeaked the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti while part of the opposition was annoyed at the satisfaction of the Keeper of the Seals as members of the majority.
Communist Stéphane Peu regretted a budget “far below the needs (…) France has half the number of judges and four times fewer prosecutors than the European average“, he recalled.
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