The French public budget › Justice · State · 2026
Access to law and justice
Legal aid, grant to the fund for financing impecunious cases, victim support…: the 4th largest of the 6 parts of “Justice”.
807M€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 2024727M€
Spent in 2025785M€
Voted for 2026807M€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Legal aid83%661M€
Grant to the fund for financing impecunious cases7%54M€
Victim support6%51M€
Development of access to law and the local justice network2%14M€
Mediation and supervised contact centres2%14M€
Compensation of court solicitors (avoués)< 1%3M€
Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.