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The SP's report on Territorial Reform is revealed: From the merger of municipalities to the taking over of some competencies from the government! (Document)

2026-07-23 17:14:36Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The SP's report on Territorial Reform is revealed: From the merger of
Territorial Reform

The full document of the Socialist Party's report on Territorial Reform has been released.

The Socialists have presented four options for the new reform, which aim to reorganize local government and increase the efficiency of municipalities.

According to the document, the variants differ both in terms of the method of territorial organization and the distribution of functions between local and central government.

The four options presented by the SP for Territorial Reform:

Option 1:  The current map is maintained, while more advanced functions are transferred to municipalities with more capacity or are implemented through inter-municipal cooperation.

Option 2:  Municipalities merge into larger units, so that all have the capacity to exercise all legal functions.

Option 3:  Provides for moderate mergers of municipalities and the transfer of some functions to the central government or inter-municipal structures.

Option 4:  Municipalities focus only on basic services, while other functions are transferred to other levels of central government.

The four scenarios will serve as a basis for discussion in the Territorial Reform process, which aims to increase local government capacities and improve the provision of services to citizens.

“ On this basis, the Functional Review presented the Commission with four strategic scenarios, which are not recommendations, but analytical options that illustrate different ways of harmonizing responsibilities–capabilities:

Option 1 : Asymmetric decentralization. The territorial map is kept unchanged, while functional responsibilities are differentiated according to demonstrated capacity: basic functions remain with all municipalities, while more demanding functions are assigned only to units with sufficient capacity or are exercised through joint governance. The main advantage is the avoidance of the costs of a reorganization; the challenge is the complexity of the legal and institutional framework and the limited tradition of inter-municipal cooperation, which may require an additional level of governance.

Option 2:  Large mergers. Comprehensive territorial consolidation, with the objective that each new municipality has sufficient institutional capacity to exercise all 41 functions of Law no. 139/2015, with the possibility of decentralizing further functions. The advantage is the full functional equality of the units; the challenges are the difficulty of building A-level units in some regions, the more limited respect for the principle of subsidiarity, and the risk that cultural diversity receives less attention.

Option 3:  Medium mergers and reallocation of complementary functions. Moderate consolidation: mergers focus on units with limited capacity, so that each municipality can safely exercise basic and extended functions, while specialized complementary functions are reallocated to central government, intermunicipal cooperation or the second local level. The advantage is the better cost-benefit ratio of the intervention; the challenges are the risk of re-centralization of some functions and, again, the possible need for an additional level of governance.

Option 4:  Municipalities focused on core functions. More radical restructuring of responsibilities: municipalities, including the possibility of smaller units, focus on core functions, while complementary and part of the extended functions are reallocated to other governance arrangements. The advantage is better compliance with the subsidiarity principle; the challenges are the practical difficulty of dividing the units and the limited potential for further decentralization, ” the report states.

The session was expected to be a marathon as it was anticipated with a busy agenda, but it did not even reach discussions.

After 5 hours of debate without any item being included in the agenda, 7 draft resolutions of constitutional institutions, 2 normative acts, and 15 draft laws were voted on by the majority amid chaos and calls from the opposition on the floor for Prime Minister Rama's resignation.


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