Communication on DigitalJustice@2030

The EU’s competitiveness will increasingly depend on the digitalisation of all sectors, which will drive investment. Digitalisation and the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) will be essential to the ability of public authorities to deliver high-quality public services, notably also in the field of justice. Europe’s Digital Decade is underway with the ambition that by 2030 the EU has all key public services available online. The ultimate aim will be to increase the efficiency of public services by making them digital by default, stimulating productivity.

The objectives of the strategy are to accelerate digitalisation of national justice systems to achieve efficiency gains and to make them more modern and resilient. This should help courts to provide faster and more effective justice, thereby increasing growth and competitiveness, and ease the strained budgets for national justice systems.

DigitalJustice@2030 was adopted on 20 November 2025 together with the European Judicial Training Strategy (2025-2030)  which focuses on digitalisation, creating the necessary supportive environment to turn DigitalJustice@2030 into reality.

What are the main deliverables? 

• Mapping and monitoring progress: Collect data on national digitalisation efforts to monitor progress and allow exchange best practices.
• IT Toolbox:Instead of every Member State developing IT (including AI) tools for the use in justice on its own, they should be able to select tools used by other Member States which have already proven their value. The Commission is creating an IT toolbox for justice on the Interoperable Europe Portal.
• AI in justice: The use of AI tools in justice should be promoted to achieve efficiency gains, allowing judges to focus on tasks that require human judgment. The Commission will support Member States on the uptake of AI in justice, as well as elaborate on the use of high-risk AI systems in justice.
• European Legal Data Space: By 2030, there should be easy online access for all justice professionals to all legislation and case-law. Legal tech companies should have smooth access to enough anonymised judicial data as input to develop and train AI tools adapted to the use in justice. The aim is to have the European Legislation Identifier (ELI) and the European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) assigned to all law and all case law to increase access and transparency.
• Funding: Under the proposed next MFF, there will considerable EU funding available for the digitalisation of justice at EU and national level. The new Justice Programme has a proposed tripling of its budget, thanks mainly to its horizontal objective to digitalise justice at EU level. Funding for digitalisation of national justice systems is proposed to be accessed through the National and Regional Partnership Plans.
• Videoconferencing: The Commission will recommend voluntary technical standards for cross-border remote proceedings as well as analyse options to improve interoperability in cross-border judicial videoconferencing.
• Full digitalisation of cross-border proceedings: To reduce costs for businesses, citizens and judicial administrations, the Commission will analyse the possibilities for full digitalisation of cross-border proceedings in civil and commercial matters.