Overview
- A four-hour fiscal council meeting led by Vice President María Jesús Montero ended without agreement on the proposed regional financing model.
- All autonomous communities present rejected the plan except Catalonia, including regions governed by the PSOE as well as the PP.
- Castilla-La Mancha’s finance minister Juan Alfonso Ruiz Molina called the offer “blackmail” and did not rule out legal action against the central government.
- Multiple representatives objected that ERC leader Oriol Junqueras announced the proposal after meeting Pedro Sánchez at La Moncloa.
- Opponents argued the reform lacks parliamentary support, while Catalonia’s Alicia Romero endorsed it, saying it would prevent a €4.7 billion loss for her region.