Overview
- ERC says it will only back the Catalan budget if it sees concrete gains in “spaces of sovereignty,” meaning new areas of self‑rule, after pausing its immediate push to manage income tax collections.
- The Generalitat is weighing a Catalan Airport Authority to concentrate its airport‑related powers, even as Aena’s sharp objection to a similar Basque deal signals legal and market resistance.
- ERC has filed a bill in Congress to create an investment consortium to speed public projects, which now waits for the central government’s required report before any floor debate can begin.
- Spain’s government has stopped short of setting a deadline for its own budget and is using the extended budget in force to roll out anti‑crisis steps while it tracks food costs and other war effects.
- Economic headwinds and possible EU talks on looser fiscal rules could change Spain’s budget room, a moving target that adds pressure as parties weigh whether this may be the only budget of the term.