Overview
- The ERC leader says the La Moncloa meeting aims to finalize a new model that has been stalled since Illa’s 2024 investiture deal.
- Junqueras cites ordinality and enabling Catalonia’s tax agency to collect IRPF as core elements, with figures expected to be specified next week.
- ERC urges Junts to back the package, including a reported €17 billion FLA debt forgiveness, while Junts presses for a Basque-style arrangement and a larger write-off.
- The Spanish government is expected to take the model to the Council of Fiscal and Financial Policy in the coming weeks, with some reports pointing to a possible €18 billion injection for regional services.
- ERC links any budget talks to the financing pact and has flagged housing, rail projects, education and research funding, and the Canal d’Urgell modernization, as the Rodalies joint venture is readied for presentation.