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's 41 provincial councils, provincial councils 3, 4 and 7 boards councils island cost 22,000 million a year and at the end of 2009 , accumulated a debt

5.825 million euros. A balance hard to justify if one considers that its functions are largely absorbed by the Autonomous Communities (CCAA) and the large municipalities.

In January, former Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez went for their removal after qualified as "redundant." Earlier, in June 2010, Development Minister José Blanco wondered what they are and just yesterday, the Business Circle burrowed into the wound betting that the few powers of these institutions are overtly by the CCAA .

What these powers are reduced? Basically the cultural field, since the traditional

health or the management of roads have been reduced to a minimum.

But the big problem is that the annual cost of 6.871 million euros in the case of the provincial councils and a whopping 15.082 million in the three

Provincial Councils of Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa and Alava

according to data from 2009.

is,

21.953 million for some entities that provide services just a citizen who hardly know what they do. In fact, more than half of their budgets devoted to cover personnel costs.

The councils are the most striking face of the cutout in which the Circle has become the English regional authorities: the scissors must be merciless to reduce the number of municipalities, must stop funding public television and the universities ruinous closeness between each other and stop the proliferation of public enterprises, more than 2,400 dependent autonomy.

Are justified these measures? The figures speak for themselves and show that the current situation is untenable. These are the complaints and proposals for improving Circle the financial health of local authorities.

-Less

municipalities.

provincial not just redundant: Spain has 8,114 municipalities, of which 60% have fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. The Circle makes no figures, but refers to

just over 5,000 in Germany, Europe's largest economy.

If Spain eliminated municipalities with less than 500 people would 4313. This figure also in line with the other major European train, France. The municipalities, which already exceeds the number of state officials, the end of 2009 had an accumulated debt of 28,700 million euros.

-owned enterprises. Circle complaint that is producing "a replica of the state system of autonomous public enterprises." According to the latest data from the General Comptroller of the State, 2,386 are autonomous public entities.

The figure has grown by 10% since it began the crisis, with Catalonia-the community where the debt has grown since 2006 and has announced cuts of 1,000 public employees, to the head.

-sanctions, the CCAA .

The proposal advocates the creation of an enforcement mechanism for entities that do not meet the fiscal rules. Now

Europe penalties apply only fall on the Central Administration.

addition, the circle requires a commitment to fiscal transparency to control autonomous activity. At present, only six reported in full and regular information on budget execution.

-professional managers.

The report believes that it is "highly desirable" that public managers are professional managers. This is already recognized in the civil service statute, which was adopted in 2007. However, this figure has been developed just waiting for a new Civil Service Act.

This figure hardly exists in the Autonomous Communities local and English, overwhelmingly dominated by politicians.