With decentralisation, decision makers are closer to the results of their decisions. As such, local government is a feature of all EU states, despite many differences between them. An optimal model of local financing is hard to implement, due to high level of political infection, but main...

Financial resources are of essential importance for optimal local government functioning. Without a sufficient level of autonomy and resources, fiscal federalism is nothing more than an external appearance. With only one lower tier of government (municipalities), Slovenia is among the countries...