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Congress approves municipal security law allowing tasers for inspectors
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The Chamber of Deputies approved the Municipal Security Law on Tuesday, strengthening municipalities' preventive role and granting new powers to inspectors, such as using tasers and seizing street vending. Security Minister Luis Cordero emphasized that the law sets standards without creating a municipal police. Mayors celebrated the approval as a win for municipalism.
The Ministry of Finance and municipal representatives have agreed on a 7.8% adjustment in transfers from the General Participation System (SGP) for the first twelfth of 2026, following a reduction in the last period of 2025. The meetings also reviewed technical models for fund distribution throughout the rest of the year.
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South Africa's Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, has announced that the government has allocated significant funds to enhance public infrastructure in municipalities. An inter-ministerial committee will support distressed local governments. This comes as part of the Mid-Term Development Plan's latest progress report.
Flere svenske kommuner afviser regeringens invitation til dialog om frivillig repatriering. Venstrefløjen foreslår at omdirigere 1,4 milliarder kroner fra repatriieringsbidraget til landsbykommuner. Migrationsminister Johan Forssell kritiserer beslutningerne og understreger vigtigheden af at give information til beboerne.
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Tyske byer og kommuner afsætter mere end en af tre euro af deres budgetter til sociale ydelser og ungdomsarbejde. En undersøgelse fra Institutet for tysk økonomi viser, at denne andel er steget med en halvdel siden 1992. Udgifterne til socialhjælp og børnepasning er især steget.