Pnrr, 40% cut in the duration of civil trials closer

The goal ofreducing the time duration of cases agreed with Europe in thePnrr commitments is approaching. With an additional effort requested especially from the Supreme Court, the overall 40% cut to be reached by June could be achieved. This is what emerges from the data released yesterday by the Ministry of Justice and from the discussion opened at the first meeting of the technical table between the Csm and Nordio's staff.

It is now consolidated, says the ministry, the result achieved in the criminal sector, where on 31 December 2025 there was already a reduction in disposition time (the duration parameter) of 31.2%, compared to the 25% reduction target set by the NRP. This figure improves on the performance already achieved in 2024 (-28.0%) and 2023 (-25.0%). The two civil servants reduction targets for 2022 were also substantially met. The figures as at 31 December 2025 indicate a reduction at the Courts of Justice of 86.1% and at the Courts of Appeal of 86.7%, against a target of a 90% reduction by June 2026.

As for the duration of civil trials, the ministry note highlights a change of pace. If in fact, at the end of 2025, the reduction still seemed far from the target of 40%, standing at -28.8%, in the following weeks the effect of a whole series of measures agreed between the ministry and the Superior Council of the Magistracy approved in August 2025, for example the remote application in judicial offices in greater difficulty or the employment of mot, magistrates still in training, has evidently begun to be felt.

In fact, emphasises the ministry, 'compared to the same period in 2025, in the first two months of 2026 in the Courts and the Courts of Appeal there was an increase of 25% and 18% respectively in the number of definitions. Thanks to these data, already on 28 February there is an improvement in the reduction of the civil disposition time, which stands at -34.7%, approaching the target of a 40% reduction by June 2026'.

And from the joint table, which has begun to address, in a spirit less poisoned by the now defunct proposal for a constitutional law on the separation of careers, all the open issues of the administration of justice (from the collegial judge, to the telematic criminal trial, to the competences of justices of the peace), what is being emphasised is the flexibility that the Court of Cassation will be able to put into play between now and the end of June in order to meet the target.