The Minister of Finance and the Economy, Maria Jesus Montero, assures that he is negotiating to present the new general state budgets in the first quarter of 2026, in addition to a new regional financing model. The Sevillian drags a powerful reputation as a negotiator, phenomenal … tuner, but on this occasion More than the role of tightrope walker, he reserves that of conjurer, because only with magic can the nationalist interests of Catalonia coincide with those of the rest of the Spanish communities.
More than a spell, it will be a new player’s trick, fears the Andalusian government. “The fact that the reform of the financing system is being announced now has no credibility, because “The government has shown no desire for reform for seven years.”her counterpart in the Regional Executive, Carolina España, tells ABC.
The Andalusian government is wary of Montero
“In more than seven years, the Spanish government has not granted a single step towards reform of the new financing system. And we fear that this new model is agreed unilaterally with its independence partners and that it does not seek to improve the financing of autonomy, but to keep Sánchez at the headquarters of Moncloa”, underlines the advisor and spokesperson for the Council. “We already know that Every time the PSOE reaches an agreement with the independence movement, Andalusia loses. “We are not going to allow it.”
“We fear that the new model is agreed unilaterally with its pro-independence partners and that it does not seek to improve the financing of the autonomy, but to keep Sánchez in Moncloa”
Caroline Spain
Minister of Economy and Finance
Carolina España was able to see reflected in the Fedea report what she has been denouncing for years: the unsustainable and harmful underfinancing from which Andalusia suffers, a fact which is not circumstantial but has been perpetuated for decades. “It’s a grievance that lasts over time. and it is María Jesús Montero and the Sánchez government who support him.
“He The SFA (Autonomous Financing System) should already be reformed and the money in the communities, as well as a transitional leveling fund that would have brought underfunded communities, like Andalusia, back to average. “It would have been an easy measure to approve and which would ultimately have brought justice to Andalusia.”
Mary Jesus Montero will have more money than ever after the meteoric increase in collections last year, due to inflation, strong economic activity and the increase in tax pressure. Lots of liquidity but little confidence, because in front of it is the immense territorial power of the Popular Party, and next to it the demands of a Catalan nationalism which defends an asymmetrical model with advantages for the richest communities and this principle of ordinality which would widen the gap between the regions.
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