Navarre has similar fiscal rights, and Catalonia is not far behind.
Initiating a policy of internal consolidation, he dismissed unpopular governors, reformed the taxation system, and granted the Mawālī the same fiscal rights as Arab Muslims.
In the time of Robert I (the Frisian; 1071 93), efforts were made to systematize the count's lordship over castles as well as his fiscal rights, but the results fell short of giving the count effective sovereign power.
Documents were copied into registers before being sent out, and lists of churches, vassals, and towns were drawn up to inform the king of his military and fiscal rights.
First, politicians must not only get the timing of fiscal tightening right, but must also decide on the best ways to cut spending and increase taxes, and the right mix between the two.
"And it is first and foremost important to get a commonly shared fiscal compact right.
"We are not claiming that we shall get the fiscal forecasts right.
We think the OBR cannot get fiscal policy right, for two reasons.
Just about everybody acquainted with the dismal science, however, thinks that the economy needs a fiscal injection right now.
"It is first and foremost important to get a commonly shared fiscal compact right," he told the European parliament.
The central fact at the heart of any rational fiscal debate right now is that deficits are coming down fast, even as the economy remains depressed.
