Corneliu IATU, Université Alexandru Ioan Cuza de Iasi (Roumanie), Romania
Ema CORODESCU-ROSCA, Université Alexandru Ioan Cuza de Iasi (Roumanie), Romania
Decentralization remains a desideratum in post-communist Romania, with most policies in this regard presented only on paper. In this unclear context where decentralization is pleaded, more and more local administrations in Romania cannot finance themselves and are waiting for money from the centre, the government being seen as a good mother who gives where it is needed and above all according to the political colour of the mayors, who must necessarily come from the parties in power.
The picture of the degree of financial autonomy of municipalities in Romania reveals a complex situation in which the vast majority of local administrations cannot ensure their financial autonomy and await the intervention of the centre with subsidies. This aspect can also mean too much fragmentation at the municipal level, the solution being to merge several neighbouring municipalities so that they become financially autonomous.
Centralization is a phenomenon inherited from the communist period and perpetuated in order not to lose control of the centre on the rest of the territory. Political parties follow this model because it is the only way to control a large territory. The change in the political colour of mayors according to the parties governing is a phenomenon that persists even 30 years after the fall of communism.
The picture that emerges from the analysis shows an urgent need for decentralization, but this can only be done through all its three components: political, fiscal and administrative. So far, no component has been able to solve decentralization alone.
Mots clés : decentralisation|financial autonomy|political colour |local administrations
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