Overview
- The Documento programmatico di bilancio for 2027 records a €1.9bn 'fondo sentenze' with €970m specifically set aside to satisfy magistrates’ claims and adjust pay going back to 2018.
- Official calculations in the budget translate the magistrates’ share into roughly €70,000 in one‑off arrears per person and about €20,000 a year in higher recurring pay on average.
- The payments follow Consiglio di Stato rulings that overturned decrees for pay updates because ISTAT’s method excluded certain allowances, omitted some categories like independent authorities, and used weighted averages that understated increases for some groups.
- The largest gains will go to roughly 10,638 magistrates who were already in service in 2018, but the adjustment affects serving magistrates more broadly and will be folded into future salaries.
- The move creates immediate political and fiscal trade‑offs because the budget foregoes other measures and sets a precedent after a prior fund payment to TIM, so ministers must decide how to cover the legally binding cost and possible spillovers.