“We have reopened places where justice no longer prevails”, welcomed Mr. Dupond-Moretti on franceinfo.
In terms of means for justice and the hiring of magistrates "nobody has ever done that before us", he estimated.
"Do you believe that snapping your fingers is enough to solve all the problems?", insisted Mr. Dupond-Moretti while the National Conference of Presidents of Judicial Courts has just indicated that there is "an imperative need to create 1,500 magistrate posts" under penalty of seeing the time for judgment lengthen.
The two main magistrates' unions have also filed a complaint against France with the European Commission to denounce the "permanent violation" of the rules on working time in their profession.
"The magistrates' unions can say a certain number of things, they are in their role, it is very legitimate. And then we are in the presidential campaign, look at the figures proposed by the candidates, they are well beyond what propose the magistrates themselves. You have to be serious", commented Mr. Dupond-Moretti.
The Minister also defended his chief of staff Véronique Malbec appointed to the Constitutional Council by the President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand.
Ex-prosecutor general of Rennes, Ms. Malbec was the hierarchical manager of the prosecutor who dismissed in October 2017 the Mutuelles de Bretagne case in which Richard Ferrand was implicated.
This appointment has made people cringe even if an attorney general cannot give an instruction in the direction of dismissing a complaint.
"It's offensive for Véronique Malbec" to doubt her probity and her integrity, got carried away by Mr. Dupond-Moretti.
"Véronique Malbec is a great magistrate, she is a great professional," he said.
"To smear the honor of Véronique Malbec is absolutely disgusting", he concluded.
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