European funds may become further from Portuguese municipalities. This is the concern expressed by Sérgio Gonçalves, who warns about the risk of municipalities becoming more dependent on Lisbon in accessing these funds.
Sérgio Gonçalves, president of some municipal council (information not specified in the title), publicly expressed his concern regarding the way European funds are being managed and distributed. The mayor fears that the centralization of decisions in Lisbon will harm municipalities, especially the smaller and more peripheral ones.
The identified risk is related to the growing dependence on Lisbon for the approval and management of projects funded by European funds. This situation may limit the municipalities' ability to act and create inequalities in access to community financial resources.
