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Moedas reaffirms that education decentralisation "was a brutal mistake" in Lisbon

Now15 September 2026 at 18:54

The mayor of Lisbon City Council, Carlos Moedas, considered that the decentralisation of education to municipalities "was a brutal mistake". This position was expressed in the context of a statement about the municipality's need for resources.

Moedas emphasised that the Lisbon council is "waiting for the State to be able to give the resources" necessary for the municipality to fulfil its responsibilities. This statement indicates that there is a financial dependency between the municipality and the central government.

According to the mayor, the interventions carried out in schools in the city of Lisbon have been executed using European funds or money from Lisbon taxpayers. This situation highlights the financial difficulties the municipality faces in meeting the needs of educational infrastructure after the transfer of competences.

Why this matters

The people of Lisbon are directly affected because school management is now under municipal responsibility, but the promised resources from the State have not yet arrived, forcing the council to use European funds and its own revenue to keep schools running. This situation reflects a broader problem with the decentralisation process that impacts all municipalities in the country.

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