The European average is 12.2 parquet floors per 100,000 inhabitants. However, both countries have significantly increased recruitment, with the number of public prosecutors increasing by 37.2% in Ireland and 9.3% in France since 2012. Still according to the study, each public prosecutor in France deals with 2,000 cases per year. The European average is 204. In France, three-quarters (75%) of these cases are dismissed, compared to 57% at the European level. About 10% of these cases are the subject of a sanction or proceeding imposed or negotiated by the prosecutor, and 14% are adjudicated before the courts (32% at European level).

Long processing time

In contrast, each public prosecutor in Ireland handled 83 cases in 2022. According to the study, the actual budget of the judicial system represents 0.20% of GDP in France in 2022, as in Lithuania, 0.24% in Malta and 0.30% in Germany. , 0.31% in Italy, or 0.34% in Spain. The number of judges in France is 11.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, below the European median (17.6). The countries with the fewest judges are England (2.6 per 100,000 inhabitants), Ireland (3.3), Azerbaijan (5.4) and Denmark (6.5).