Overview
- Finance Minister María Jesús Montero will present the technical design to the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council, where the government seeks multilateral backing before sending an organic-law reform to Parliament.
- The blueprint foresees Catalonia collecting revenues, transferring a share to the State, contributing a solidarity quota, and receiving extra funds for singular competencies, with the model framed as extendable to other regions.
- ERC’s push for full IRPF collection is not included in the accord, so the creation of a fully autonomous Catalan tax agency remains unresolved.
- PP leaders, Vox and several regional governments condemned the bilateral agreement, while PSOE baron Emiliano García-Page warned against privileges and Andalusia’s government attacked Montero’s role.
- Junts derided the pact and signaled no support, heightening uncertainty as the reform must clear Congress with 176 votes and later the Senate, with the government eyeing 2027 for a potential rollout if it passes.