Greece failed to impress in the second European Justice scoreboard of the European Commission, which was presented on Monday. The scoreboard evaluates the efficiency, quality and independence of national judiciaries.
In particular, forĀ Greece, the scoreboard shows that the time taken to hear civil and commercial disputes of the lowest order has increased from 190 days in 2010 to 460 days in 2012, the third-slowest figure of the 22 EU member states for whom data is available.
Meanwhile,Ā Greece also has the least efficient of the 20Ā EUĀ member states’Ā justice systems, according to the available data.
On a scale ranging from 0 to 4, the Greek justice system ranks worst in the EU with a rating of 1.5 and is followed by Cyprus with a rate of 2, while 10 member states (Denmark, Estonia, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden) scored the top mark of 4.
The scoreboard also presentsĀ rates the independence of the justice system, by which reckoning GreeceĀ stands in 24th position of the 28 EU members and 84th among 184 countries.
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