Overview
- ERC leader Oriol Junqueras says an agreement on a new financing model is close and expects specific figures to be set out next week.
- He conditions negotiations on the 2026 budgets with President Salvador Illa on reaching the financing deal and enabling Catalonia to collect personal income tax revenues.
- Junqueras frames the talks as a comprehensive package that includes FLA debt relief, an investments consortium to ensure execution in Catalonia, and infrastructure governance such as rail and airport oversight.
- He says the mixed Rodalies company will be constituted in the coming days with a Catalan‑majority board and a chair appointed by the Catalan government.
- ERC insists the system must respect the ordinality principle, and Junqueras rules out any pact with Aliança Catalana.