Monitoring of grassroots democracy in Portugal
[23/03/2012]
Local authorities in Portugal have been seriously affected by the economic crisis and have seen their powers and resources reduced by central government since 2008 on the grounds of financial imperatives: this situation is calling into question several aspects of local self-government, which has suffered significant setbacks in recent years, according to the Congress in a monitoring report on local and regional democracy in Portugal presented by Jos Wienen (Netherlands, EPP) and Devrim Cukur (Turkey, SOC), and a recommendation adopted on 22 March 2012. The recommendation calls on the Portuguese authorities to give local authorities more autonomy with respect to local taxes and to ensure effective participation by municipalities in the legislative process to reform the 2007 Local Finance Act.
<font color='#55563B' size='2'>Suivi de la démocratie territoriale au Portugal</font>
Suivi de la démocratie territoriale au Portugal
[23/03/2012]
Durement touchées par la crise économique, les collectivités locales portugaises ont vu depuis 2008 le gouvernement central réduire leurs compétences et leurs moyens au nom d’impératifs financiers : cette situation remet en question plusieurs aspects de l’autonomie locale, qui a nettement reculé ces dernières années, a constaté le Congrès dans son rapport de suivi de la démocratie locale et régionale au Portugal, présenté par Jos Wienen (Pays-Bas, PPE) et Devrim Cukur (Turquie, SOC), et dans sa recommandation adoptée le 22 mars 2012. Celle-ci invite notamment les autorités portugaises à donner une plus grande autonomie aux collectivités locales en ce qui concerne les impôts locaux et à garantir une participation effective des communes au processus législatif de réforme de la loi de 2007 sur les finances locales.
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Local authorities in Portugal have been seriously affected by the economic crisis and have seen their powers and resources reduced by central government since 2008 on the grounds of financial imperatives: this situation is calling into question several aspects of local self-government, which has suffered significant setbacks in recent years, according to the Congress in a monitoring report on local and regional democracy in Portugal presented by Jos Wienen (Netherlands, EPP) and Devrim Cukur (Turkey, SOC), and a recommendation adopted on 22 March 2012. The recommendation calls on the Portuguese authorities to give local authorities more autonomy with respect to local taxes and to ensure effective participation by municipalities in the legislative process to reform the 2007 Local Finance Act.