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Montero Presents Financing Overhaul to Regions as Dispute Over Catalonia’s Ordinality Deepens

Shaped by an ERC deal after confidential SánchezJunqueras contacts, the plan promises 2027 funding increases, pending negotiation and a parliamentary vote.

Overview

  • At an informational CPFF session, the Treasury outlined a model that applies ordinality to Catalonia and would add roughly €21 billion to regional funding in 2027 if approved.
  • Government figures cited about €4.7 billion for Catalonia under the pact, while officials also highlight sizable gains for other territories, including estimates for the Valencian Community.
  • PP-led regions and several PSOE leaders, notably in Castilla-La Mancha and Asturias, reject the ordinality provision as unfair, saying it elevates wealthier regions at others’ expense.
  • Moncloa confirmed two confidential meetings between Pedro Sánchez and ERC leader Oriol Junqueras that preceded the pact, as Junts and other parties voiced criticism of the proposal.
  • The PP plans to table an alternative model and will discuss it with its regional leaders this week, while Sánchez and Feijóo have set a meeting for Monday focused on security and defence.