FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE MUNICIPIOS Y PROVINCIAS
- Contact |
- Who are we? |
- Site Map |
- Job offers
Juan Ignacio Zoido, new President of the FEMP
FEMP make the lever to move governments to listen and meet the demands of the municipalities "govern who governs" and defend them all, because "there are no councils of first and second" are two lines of work that will drive the Mayor of Sevilla, Juan Ignacio Zoido, over the next four years in his responsibility as President of the FEMP office to which he was elected at the 10th General Assembly of the Federation, which has been closed in Madrid this afternoon.
Juan Ignacio Zoido, Mayor of Seville, has been elected President of the FEMP in the tenth General Assembly which was held over today, Saturday, September 24 in Madrid. Besides Zoido, have been elected, also members of the Governing Board and the Territorial Council.
In his first speech to the Mayors and Presidents of Councils, Town Councils and Island Councils, José Ignacio Zoido has reaffirmed the need to make the FEMP a useful tool for municipalities and has added that "this FEMP is not serving any interest other than the residents of our towns and cities. "
Zoido also referred to the economic difficulties Spanish Local Governments and added that "not only serious structural problems have not been resolved, but have worsened even more." After summarizing the economic figures of the Local Administration, stressed that it is time to undertake a profound reform of the Administration and the Local Finance Law.
It has also insisted claim a ten-year deferral of repayment of the negative assessments of the years 2008 and 2009 in a postponement.
The new president ended his speech by asking the audience to be proud of belonging to an institution like the FEMP.
Angel Fernandez, the new Secretary General of the FEMP
After the Assembly adjourned, Juan Ignacio Zoido convened a meeting of the newly elected Governing Board. In this session, the first of its mandate, the Board appointed the new Secretary-General Angel Fernandez of the FEMP.
