Overview

• Andalucía submitted a comprehensive list of agenda items for the June 6 Conference of Presidents preparatory meeting in Barcelona, including housing access, vocational training, energy security, healthcare staffing and financing reform.
• Carolina España warned that the central government’s draft agenda excludes any discussion of the autonomous financing model, which she described as evidence of Madrid’s lack of political will to address Andalusia’s underfunding.
• The regional government needs support from ten autonomous communities to trigger a formal debate on financing reform and is actively courting nine additional regions to meet that threshold.
• Andalucía ranks third-lowest in per-capita funding among Spain’s regions, and its leaders insist that Madrid must present a concrete financing-model proposal before the Conference convenes.
• Antonio Sanz cautioned that omitting issues like national railway infrastructure and the causes of the recent blackout risks turning the forum into a distraction from the central government’s energy and transport crises.