Overview
- At the Council of Fiscal and Financial Policy, 14 of 15 regions rejected the plan, leaving Catalonia as the lone backer as the government pushed the proposal forward procedurally.
- The blueprint would channel roughly €21 billion in extra funds to the regions, with nearly €4.7 billion a year for Catalonia under simulations released by the government.
- Moncloa is launching immediate bilateral technical meetings with every community and aims to register the law before June, targeting approval by late 2026 for application the following year.
- Junts will file an alternative full amendment instead of torpedoing the bill at the outset, preserving bargaining space as Catalan leaders defend the model as solidary and the government rules out a Basque-style concert.
- PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo will urge Pedro Sánchez on Monday to withdraw the plan and promises to repeal it if he governs, while expert critiques of ad hoc tools like the Climate Fund and the SME‑VAT mechanism and calls for a leveling fund and debt relief keep resistance high.