FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE MUNICIPIOS Y PROVINCIAS

The Government will approve the new Local Government Act in March 2011

The Government intends to adopt the new Local Government Act in March 2011, as announced by the First Vice President, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, following the Council of Ministers. The passage of this bill would lie in the timing of legislative initiatives that the government intends to move forward in the coming months.

Local police services for rural

The surrounding municipalities of a same region may associate to have local police, and reflected in the Ministerial Order determining the terms of the collaboration that will foster the development of rural areas and expand services to its population.

The Sixth World Assembly of Cities for Climate concludes its work

The Sixth Assembly of the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate finished in Vigo with the realization that local governments that comprise it are determined to take a firm position on the electrical mobility and promote a "firm commitment" to reduce emissions .

Leon, Pamplona, Mataró and four municipalities of Pontevedra rewarded for their good practices for climate

The municipalities of Barro Pontevedra, Poio, Ponte Caldelas and Vilaboa, grouped in a local association, and Leon, Pamplona and Mataro (Barcelona), have been rewarded for their good work to tackle climate change at the third edition of the Award Good Practice which provides the FEMP through the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate. The awards have been handed over to ...

The Weather Network FEMP commitment to electric cars to fight climate change

The Mayor of Vigo and President of the Spanish Network of Cities for Climate, Abel Caballero, said that the introduction of the electric car can be a "giant step" in the fight against climate change undertaken by the Spanish cities, because it can largely solve the problems of mobility and emissions of greenhouse gases that occur in urban areas. These statements were ...