In the end it will be more than expected. The Keeper of the Seals, Didier Migaud, announced on Thursday, October 31, to Agence France-Presse that he had obtained an additional allocation of 250 million euros for his ministry within the framework of the 2025 budget project, partly returning to the plan of almost 500 million expected. in the executive’s initial project.
The Minister of Justice welcomed this arbitration which, according to him, will allow “honor and respect all the commitments that have been made with the magistrates, judicial secretaries, legal assistants and 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, 1,000 more than planned in the cap letter.
Launch of an “operation truth”
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.
“We are going to launch a truth operation”the minister explained. “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 credits and commitment authorizations. » Satisfied with the favorable arbitration from which his ministry benefited, Didier Migaud recalled that “the justice budget remains modest” and that she must “become a priority again”.
