Overview

• Cabinet approved the new Pakt für den Rechtsstaat with €450 million in federal funding, doubling the 2019 pact’s allocation
• The pact aims to create around 2,000 new judicial and administrative positions through €240 million allocated in the current legislative period
• It sets aside up to €210 million between 2027 and 2029 to modernize court IT systems and speed up case processing
• State justice ministers, the German Bar Association and the German Judges Association welcomed the renewal, emphasizing its potential to cut a backlog of nearly one million pending cases
• Despite tight budgets the agreement highlights growing federal–state cooperation to uphold the rule of law and reduce systemic delays