Metropolie we współczesnym samorządzie terytorialnym – kilka refleksji o problematyce wykonywania zadań metropolitalnych w Polsce i we Francji
Metropolises in contemporary territorial self-government – some reflections on the problems of performing metropolitan tasks in Poland and France

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the analysis of metropolitan tasks in the Polish and French legal systems and an attempt to categorize them. Polish legislators recognized the need for introducing the metropolitan association to the organizational structure of local government, however, without granting it the status of a local government unit. The French legislator also recognizing the importance of the metropolis in the performance of tasks in modern local government, introduces a complex categorization of metropolises, which corresponds to the specific scope of tasks and competencies. The purpose of establishing a metropolis is the effectiveness of implementing public projects and tasks and satisfying the supra-local needs of the inhabitants of large agglomerations. In both legal orders legislators attempt to create an optimal range of tasks and competencies of metropolises, in various systems of cooperation in the scope of executing public tasks. Both in Poland and in France there is a noticeable trend that extends the importance of metropolises in modern local government, which proves that the direction of changes is good. Metropolises are becoming an indispensable element in carrying out public tasks of supra-local nature. Therefore, it is worth considering the introduction of categorization of metropolises in the Polish legal order, following the example of the French regulations, which create greater framework for the choice of cooperation in carrying out tasks in the self-governmental community.

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