Eric Dupond-Moretti announces a salary increase of 1,000 euros gross per month for judicial judges – Le Monde

Eric Dupond-Moretti announced on Monday, September 12, that the salaries of judicial judges would be increased by an average of 1,000 euros gross per month, a revaluation, according to him, “unprecedented” and “considerable” aimed at aligning their remuneration with that of administrative magistrates. The Minister of Justice thus claims to want to put an end to “years of abandonment” and to tackle the problems of “attractiveness” of the judiciary. “I want the magistrates of the judicial order to be paid like the magistrates of the administrative order”, explained on BFM-TV the minister, who must detail this measure during the new round of discussions on the Estates General of Justice. which opens on Monday. The increase will be “around 1,000 euros gross on average” per month, added the Keeper of the Seals, who did not specify either the timetable or the cost of this measure. Also read the forum: Article reserved for our subscribers “Justice is imploding, it is urgent to save it” Necessary upgrade According to him, the remuneration of magistrates of the judiciary, which summarily includes civil and criminal justice, does not had not been upgraded “since 1996” and required an upgrade with the administrative judges, who are responsible for settling disputes with the administration. The question of the remuneration of magistrates features very high in the demands recorded in the report of the States General of Justice, which drew up the observation of a state of “advanced dilapidation” of the institution, at the end of several months of consultations. The chancellery is opening new consultations from Monday to finalize a government action plan to be presented in October. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Estates General of Justice: why the official submission of the Sauvé report to the President of the Republic drags on and annoys Le Monde with AFP