Ustrój lokalnego samorządu terytorialnego w Republice Słowackiej. Ile musi się zmienić, aby wszystko pozostało tak samo?

Abstract

The article presents the key constitutional characteristics of Slovakian local government units, as well as actions that were taken to reinstate the local government and introduce further changes, whose expected result would be the structural and functional optimization of local government units, most importantly the Slovakian communes. The article is mainly concerned with the ongoing debate over the condition of Slovakian communes and the projects to refine them. The analysis of the resolutions proposed by the central and local government leads to the belief that the consolidation process will not be over soon, and the inefficiency is meant to last. The local development and public wellbeing are being dwarfed by the interests of political parties and other lobby groups in the form of major national self-government organizations.