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ERC Raises Stakes on Catalonia Financing, Demands IRPF Collection to Open Budget Talks

Implementing IRPF collection requires reactivating a paused congressional bill that would change foundational fiscal laws.

Overview

  • Salvador Illa says the new, singular financing model is practically agreed and slated for public presentation around January.
  • Oriol Junqueras warns ERC will not negotiate either Catalan or state budgets without concrete progress enabling the Generalitat to collect the IRPF.
  • ERC filed an IRPF bill in September to empower the Catalan Tax Agency to collect personal income tax, with processing deferred to 2026 and now pressed for reactivation.
  • Finance Minister María Jesús Montero has indicated the proposal is expected to go to the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council between January and February 2026.
  • Comuns spokeswoman Aina Vidal asserts her party is indispensable for any financing pact, as Illa links the financing push to 2026 governance goals including housing measures and the Rodalies transfer.