Parla, la 54° ville d'Espagne, va droit à la faillite

Les sonnettes d’alarme et les dénégations répétées des politiciens et officiels sur la situation de Parla, la 54° ville d’Espagne, nous annoncent que cette ville est à deux doigts de la banqueroute et ne pourra pas régler ses créanciers.

Bien entendu, ceci n’est que la première d’une longue série de faillites de collectivités en Europe.  Comme à l’accoutumée, les dénégations des officiels sont l’indicateur le plus fiable de la certitude que cela se produira.

D’après El Economista : Parla, one step from bankruptcy: cannot deal with creditors.

The economic situation of the City of Parla "can not deal with creditors and maintain basic health services to citizens," according to the report of the Audit Chamber of the Community of Madrid, who advised to take measures to continuity of the consistory. However, the City of Parla has denied Monday that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The report, which has had access, stated that the measures that have been launched this Madrid City Council, which governs the PSOE since the first democratic elections, "not enough" to pay "a debt so high."

In this regard, local authorities summons to articulate "some exceptional plan" to allow continuity of the consistory of the town, which is located at number 54 in population census nationally (130,000 inhabitants) and in ninth place in the Community of Madrid.

From City of Parla, the Councillor of Finance, Fernando Jiménez, has denied "categorically" that the City is "on the verge of bankruptcy" and insists that they have taken steps to improve the economic situation.

He admits that the city is going through "difficult times" as all the authorities of this country, but emphasizes that the management has been done and is done in this Consistory is "effective and flawless" proof of this, he adds, is that this city " goes on. "