La contribution des pouvoirs locaux à la réalisation des objectifs du Traité de Maastricht ; Local government contribution to matching the Maastricht criteria

Abstract

Due to is public finance position in the early 1990's, matching the deficit and debt criteria set by the Maastricht Treaty was not an easy task for Belgium. Efforts from all components of the public sector were required and local government delivered important efforts on both deficit and debt, despite the fact that local government supervision is not a federal but well a regional task. This article explains how local government is articulated with other components of general government, details its achievments and provide some light on the political process. ; Peer reviewed