Overview
- The 2026 budgets were approved after the year had already begun, leaving roughly six months to implement most planned spending and creating pressure to speed up payments and projects.
- Economy minister Alícia Romero set an official goal to execute at least 80% of the 2026 budget and cited last year’s 90% execution under prorogued accounts as proof the target is feasible.
- President Salvador Illa has ordered the administration to accelerate implementation, with the executive saying it is mobilizing departments to fast‑track contracts and disbursements.
- The Govern is asking parties to allow parliamentary processing of a new financing model it says would bring about €4.7 billion to Catalonia, but Junts rejects the proposal and its votes are seen as decisive.
- Officials warn that next year’s municipal and general elections make support for 2027 budgets uncertain and that the key things to watch are actual execution rates, Junts’s stance, and whether the financing model enters full debate.