Overview

• After a Thursday session abroad produced no advances, government sources asked Junts to agree to another meeting with the international mediator before the end of September.
• Jordi Turull says the Brussels accord seeks to address the political conflict with Catalonia rather than secure government stability and warns a decision will come in the autumn.
• Junts conditions any support for the spending ceiling and state budgets on proof that existing commitments are fulfilled or on guaranteed funds transferred to the Generalitat.
• The bill to delegate immigration powers to Catalonia is expected to be rejected in Congress, with Podemos set to vote against, a setback that further complicates the dialogue.
• Junts’ demands include ending the criminalization of the independence movement and political gestures such as potential complaints against judges, while it singles out María Jesús Montero and Salvador Illa as obstacles.