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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.
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Suivi de la d�mocratie territoriale au Portugal
[23/03/2012]
Durement touch�es par la crise �conomique, les collectivit�s locales portugaises ont vu depuis 2008 le gouvernement central r�duire leurs comp�tences et leurs moyens au nom d�imp�ratifs financiers : cette situation remet en question plusieurs aspects de l�autonomie locale, qui a nettement recul� ces derni�res ann�es, a constat� le Congr�s dans son rapport de suivi de la d�mocratie locale et r�gionale au Portugal, pr�sent� par Jos Wienen (Pays-Bas, PPE) et Devrim Cukur (Turquie, SOC), et dans sa recommandation adopt�e le 22 mars 2012. Celle-ci invite notamment les autorit�s portugaises � donner une plus grande autonomie aux collectivit�s locales en ce qui concerne les imp�ts locaux et � garantir une participation effective des communes au processus l�gislatif de r�forme de la loi de 2007 sur les finances locales.
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