Andorra Endavant Rejects Andorra Digital with €2.6M Budget Amendment
Opposition party Andorra Endavant challenges the government's plan for a new digital agency, proposing to redirect funds and integrate duties into current ministries to avoid bureaucratic bloat in the microstate.
Key Points
- Andorra Endavant opposes €2,608,196.71 allocation for new public company Andorra Digital SA.
- Party argues digital duties should be handled by existing ministries, not new entity.
- Criticizes public sector fragmentation with 25 entities causing duplication and inefficiency.
- Calls for streamlined governance amid Andorra's 90,000 population and retroactive funding.
Andorra Endavant submits total amendment against €2.6 million Andorra Digital budget
Andorra Endavant has filed a total amendment to the 2026 budget modification bill, which includes €2,608,196.71 for the public company Andorra Digital SA.
The opposition party opposes the new entity's creation, arguing its digital transformation duties should fall to existing ministries and public bodies. Led by Carine Montaner, the group maintains that Andorra's population of roughly 90,000 requires efficient governance, not further expansion.
Andorra Endavant highlights the risks of the public sector's 25 separate entities—beyond ministries and departments—each carrying distinct leadership, procedures, staffing, costs, and oversight burdens. Such fragmentation, it claims, breeds duplication and hampers coordination.
The party points to Andorra Digital's incorporation on 30 April 2026 as evidence of poor planning. The government's bill aims to fund its full-year operations retroactively.
In a statement, Andorra Endavant calls for streamlined structures, reduced overlaps, focused resources, and tighter spending controls to build a leaner, more accountable administration.
The amendment will now proceed through standard parliamentary channels.
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