Jean Castex in Toulouse on Thursday for a visit related to a hot topic of the moment
Through Lucie Fraissé
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His last visit to the Pink City dates back to September 2021. The Prime Minister Jean Castex will be present again in Toulouse, this Thursday, December 16, 2021, in the company of the Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Justice Eric Dupond Moretti.
A visit dedicated to the world of justice
A visit to the Pink City under the sign of justice: the Prime Minister is indeed coming inaugurate the new administrative court of appeal, installed on the former site of the rectorate of the Toulouse Academy, which is due to come into operation in the first quarter of 2022.
This is the ninth administrative court of appeal and it should help to unclog those of Marseilles and Bordeaux. The new court will be competent to judge on appeal the judgments of the administrative tribunals of Toulouse, Montpellier and Nîmes, all three located in the Occitanie region. 21 magistrates and 25 clerks will work there.
Debate within the framework of the Estates General of Justice
After this first sequence, which should begin around 3:30 p.m., Jean Castex and Eric Dupond-Moretti will participate in a debate on a hot topic of the moment: the States General of Justice, at Toulouse Capitole 1 University.
As a reminder, the Estates General of Justice were launched by Emmanuel Macron last October 18, in order to give a voice to all citizens on French justice.
“New perspectives”
In a press release, the services of Matignon detail: “If the justice budget has experienced a historic increase over the past two years, and more generally since 2017, under the leadership of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, this unprecedented approach (the Estates General of Justice Editor’s note) must make it possible to make a complete diagnosis of his condition and to collectively reflect on new concrete perspectives for put justice at the center of democratic debate. ”
It is with this in mind that the debate organized at Toulouse Capitole 1 must be held: “
In the aftermath of a mobilization of legal professionals
The visit of Jean Castex and his Minister of Justice to Toulouse will intervene the day after a vast mobilization of magistrates, lawyers, clerks to demand more resources for justice. UN nationwide movement, which will be declined to Toulouse with a demonstration at 11 am in front of the court, this Wednesday, December 15. Legal professionals denounce in particular the fact that this issue of means is not taken into account at its fair value in the States General of justice.
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