Overview
- After a four-hour CPFF meeting, every region except Catalonia rejected the financing proposal, condemning a plan they say was pre-negotiated with ERC.
- Finance minister María Jesús Montero denied any preferential treatment for Catalonia, said adherence would be voluntary, and opened bilateral technical talks while arguing that more than 70% of new funds would go to PP-run regions.
- The plan would add roughly €20.975–€21 billion to regional budgets from 2027, with the government saying it would halve per‑capita funding gaps to about €700 and allocate about €4.846 billion to Andalusia and around €4.7 billion to Catalonia.
- Socialist-led Castilla-La Mancha and Asturias joined PP-led regions in rejection; Castilla-La Mancha labeled the offer a “blackmail” and warned of possible court action, and other regions criticized the lack of detail and transparency.
- The executive intends to advance an organic law to the Congress counting on its investiture bloc, though Junts and BNG oppose the plan and parts of Sumar are critical, leaving the reform’s passage highly uncertain.