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The local funding in times of crisis, a debate on Saturday in San Javier (10/12/2008)

Note from CDL:

"The current model of local financing is finished" in the opinion of the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Center (CDL) in the Region of Murcia, Ramón Villaplana, for whom the struggle against the economic crisis we are suffering should be linked to the fight against corruption policy.

Analyze and gain insight into the problems of financing of Spanish local government today, and the search for a new funding model which does not burden borne by citizens are the main objectives of the workshop on 'European patterns of local funding' to be held next Saturday in San Javier, which has been presented this morning in Murcia.

As pointed out during the press conference the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Centre (CDL) in the Region of Murcia, Ramón Villaplana, this training initiative is jointly organized by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats of the Committee of European Regions of the European Union (ALDE)-which is the third political force in Europe ", the CDL and the and the City of San Javier.

For its part, the regional president of CDL, José Fernández Buendía, highlighted the "huge today," the day of Saturday, because "unfortunately in Murcia have the sad record of judicial interventions in local corporations, as well as the economic boost that the central executive councils plans for our country to ease the economic crisis that we suffer.

The CDL general in the Region of Murcia has stated that the debt of Spanish municipalities over 30,000 million euros, that has not hesitated to assert that "the current local funding model is finished."

In this sense, Villaplana stressed that "we can and must fight the current economic crisis since the municipalities" and linked the struggle against the existing economic crisis to the fight against political corruption.

In his view it is necessary to change the funding model that includes the reduction of unnecessary expenses such as advertising protocol or institutions, and avoid the higher taxes paid by citizens.

Alternatives to local funding

Saturday's meeting will be attended by prominent European leaders, such as village president and vice-mayor of Liverpool, Flo Clucas or regional minister for the economic development of Västra Götaland (Gothenburg), Kent Johansson, which Villaplana trial "demonstrates the international vocation of the day."

More than a hundred people, including mayors and councilors of the CDL, independent formations, responsible for municipal policy of political parties with parliamentary representation, as well as federations and associations of municipalities and local authorities, will meet next Saturday in San Javier with the aim of "finding urgent solutions to the lack of resources in Spanish local government today, as has been noted by the secretary general of the collective on the Region of Murcia.

The president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Pedro Castro, and national chairman of CDL, Manuel Alonso, are other participants in this conference, which places the region of Murcia at the forefront of European politics.

Basic skills to claim a new Local Agreement, the search for new local funding streams, establishment of sustainable and participatory local development and meet the most successful undertaken in other European countries, will be a priority for discussion in the framework of this announcement.

Source: CDL Región de Murcia

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