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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8944
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ue/council of europe

Comparative graph of legal systems in Europe

Brussels, 10/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Who spends how much and how in their legal systems? The answer is found in the very comprehensive report of the Council of Europe on the legal systems in 40 Member States, including 20 European Union Member States. We learn that in the United Kingdom barely 0.5% of its annual budget is spend on its courts and legal aid, while the majority spends between 0.7% and 1%, the record largely being beaten by Norway with a rate of 3%. Spain proportionally has...

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