New ANMP leadership raises concerns with the Government over local finance law and decentralisation
The newly elected leadership of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) has formally presented its congress resolutions to the Government, raising detailed concerns about the draft law on local finances and the wider decentralisation process. The ANMP is seeking clarifications and safeguards to protect municipal budgets and competences, clearer arrangements for funding decentralisation, and secure access for municipalities to European funds under the next EU programming framework.
New ANMP leadership raises concerns with the Government over the law on local finances and decentralisation
The leadership formally presented to the Government the main resolutions that municipal leaders approved at a congress.
Local authorities: What is at stake in the review of the Local Finance Law
This article is part of the 17th edition of ECO magazine. The long-standing struggle of local authorities for a new Local Finance Law (LFL) that would strengthen their financial capacity without jeopardising the sustainability of municipal accounts continues. The start of negotiations in 2023 with the then António Costa government gave them some ...
