Municipalities in Critical Budget Situation

After the austerity package is ahead of the austerity package. The double budget 2025/26 presented this week was only the beginning – the "Krone" reported. Next, Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer (SPÖ) has to reorganize the internal Austrian debt distribution between the federal government, countries and municipalities. On June 5, the Stability Pact negotiations with countries and municipalities start. These are responsible for about a quarter…

The municipalities are making an increasing gap between income and expenditure. A austerity is threatening.

On Thursday, May 15, Leipzig's mayor Burkhard Jung, as President of the German City Day, spoke in clear terms. On the same day, the new Federal Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil presented the current tax estimate for Germany. And this does not promise any good for the municipalities. "The tax estimate is highly alarming and confirms a catastrophic municipal financial situation. It also illustrates: Germany [...] Der Beitrag First tax estimate 2…

The cities and communities are in a bad financial situation. You don't have to guess where they're going to get the money they need.

A lack of discipline is the main reason why some South African municipalities struggle annually to submit their financial statements to the Auditor-General (AG) on time.

While the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques has communicated in recent days on an increase in state aid to the communes for 3 years, the mayors of the 64 do not at all see things as