Overview
- At the Council of Fiscal and Financial Policy, regions voted 14–1 against the Montero proposal, with only Catalonia in favor, even as Castilla‑La Mancha’s Emiliano García‑Page later said his deputies would back it in Congress.
- PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo convenes his regional presidents in Zaragoza to cement a common front and elevate financing as a central campaign issue in Aragón.
- Finance minister María Jesús Montero defends the plan as adding €21 billion for health, education and dependency and cutting per‑capita gaps to €477, asserting Andalusia would receive €5.7 billion a year including the compensation fund.
- The Andalusian government rejects the figures and argues the model penalizes the region, claiming an Andalusian would receive €389 less per person than a Catalan and criticizing Montero’s approach.
- ERC’s Oriol Junqueras says budget negotiations will begin only if the Generalitat collects 100% of IRPF, leaving both Catalan and national spending plans uncertain.