The rest of the sentence was "it's a bit more complicated than that, but not by much". The law also says that pedestrians can be fined all of 4 euros for cross

The rest of the sentence was "it's a bit more complicated than that, but not by much". The law also says that pedestrians can be fined all of 4 euros for crossing at red and they have no responsibility in the case of an accident, which means in practice there are no consequences for crossing at red. As long as you check that you aren't going to be run over by a car, which people do. They cross at red if there are no cars.