Overview
- Catalonia’s economy chief set a goal of passing the 2026 budget in the first quarter and warned failure would forfeit about €2 billion.
- ERC said it will not open budget talks until the Generalitat’s collection of the personal income tax is unblocked, which requires legal changes to the LOFCA and a buildup of the Catalan tax agency’s capabilities.
- Oriol Junqueras asked Carles Puigdemont for a meeting in Waterloo to discuss financing and IRPF, while Junts called the request late and kept its plan for a full amendment that could sink the proposal in Congress.
- PSC leaders urged Junts and business group Foment to back the financing model, with the CPFF meeting on Wednesday flagged as the next step and the new majority‑Catalan company to manage Rodalies already constituted.
- Madrid’s government claimed the plan would make it contribute €850 million more as Catalonia contributes €750 million less, and Andalusian officials and the PP-A criticized the proposal as politically motivated.