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Sánchez Pledges Financing Overhaul as Congress Poised to Reject Catalonia Immigration Transfer

The pledge seeks to calm Catalan tensions after weeks of stalled talks.

Overview

  • At the PSC’s Festa de la Rosa in Gavà, Pedro Sánchez vowed to deliver a new autonomous financing model this legislature, saying it will strengthen public services and benefit Catalonia and other regions.
  • Parliamentary counts reported by El País indicate the transfer of immigration powers to Catalonia is likely to be defeated in a tight vote, with PP, Vox and Podemos set to oppose it.
  • Junts’ Jordi Turull reported a mediated meeting with the PSOE in Belgium but said talks are stagnating and warned the party will make a binding decision this autumn.
  • Moncloa sources, cited by ABC, increasingly view Podemos/Sumar as the main threat to the government’s stability, with concerns they could seek to force early elections.
  • Polling highlighted in national reporting shows anti‑immigration forces gaining in Catalonia, with Aliança Catalana rising and Vox advancing at the expense of Junts and the PP.