In short, large municipalities that absorb a smaller neighbor will receive less money, while cooperation between smaller municipalities will be extra encouraged.
With the adjusted scheme, all new merged municipalities are assured of a lump sum of 1 million to cover all “transition costs”. This should, for example, be used to finance IT adjustments or personnel changes. By working with such a flat rate, new municipalities will see their benefits in their accounting more quickly. Now these are not immediately noticeable in the initial phase.