The main issue in the elections is the possible changes required to Andorra's economic model to facilitate its international relations.

[1][4][5] On 11 March 2009, three weeks before the 2009 G-20 London Summit, the Head of Government Albert Pintat made a unilateral declaration in Paris promising to improve the exchange of information (for tax purposes) about non-residents who hold bank accounts in Andorra.

He committed the incoming government to drafting changes to the banking secrecy laws by 1 September 2009, which would then be passed by the General Council before 15 November 2009.

[6] He also announced that he would not be leading the Liberal Party of Andorra in the elections so as to devote his time to negotiating tax treaties with other countries, starting with France.

The state is funded mostly by indirect taxation, such as levies on water supplies and telecommunications, and by fees for administrative permits.