Overview
- - ERC, which outlined its position Monday, set four demands for the 2026 budget: better regional balance, stronger public services in health and schools, more support for Catalan, and concrete gains in self‑government.
- - The government and ERC are preparing a commercial company to run Catalonia’s investment plan after the investment consortium law failed in Congress, and the vehicle would only need Spain’s Council of Ministers to sign off.
- - PSC leaders describe the company as a necessary tool tied to the investiture deal and say it is not a formal budget condition in the talks.
- - Tensions with Junts flared after its seven deputies voted down the rental‑contract extension and the consortium law, and ERC’s Gabriel Rufián then named them in Congress and waved a €50 bill to mock their stance.
- - ERC says there is no organizational crisis and will not apologize, while Junts considers legal action over what it calls targeted attacks and one deputy, Marta Madrenas, reported being harassed and spat at in Madrid.