MEP Carla Tavares warned of the risks of centralizing European funds following the European Commission's proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework. According to Carla Tavares, this proposal could significantly reduce the role of regions and municipalities in managing European funds.
During the debate on municipalities' access to European funds, which took place in Santa Cruz, Carla Tavares argued that the future fund management model cannot leave to the discretion of national governments the decision of whether or not to involve local and regional authorities.
The Portuguese MEP's intervention comes in the context of growing concern regarding the direction the European Commission intends to take for the distribution of Community funds in the next financial programming period.
The article also indicates that Carla Tavares considered that the ongoing negotiation process could represent a threat to decentralization in the management of European funds, although the news report appears incomplete.
