Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Improved funding: about 600 euros more per Catalan'

We have an important figure regarding financing, which hasn't been published anywhere, that we'll discuss shortly. But first, President Pujol continues to recover well from the pneumonia for which he was hospitalized and could be discharged relatively soon. This would allow him to appear remotely before the judge of the National Court next Monday, with Pujol in Barcelona and the judge in Madrid. This appearance is clearly designed to target Pujol, because it will allow the judge to decide whether the former president is fit to testify at his trial or not, when it turns out that forensic doctors have prepared a report for the judge confirming what we already told you yesterday in our analysis: that Pujol is not fit to testify or defend himself. And so, the question is: if the doctors appointed by the court to evaluate Pujol's condition... You've already been told that he's not in a condition to testify.Why are you summoning him to appear? Should a judge medically evaluate a person? It's just wishful thinking.

Meanwhile, we've been keeping you updated for weeks on the status of negotiations for the new financing system, which, let's remember, was one of Esquerra's conditions for supporting Salvador Illa's investiture. Yesterday, the vice president Montero met with all the communities And she announced that she will present the new model around February. Because the old one has been outdated for years and is profoundly unfair. For example, someone from Extremadura receives a thousand euros more in public funding than someone from Murcia. As always, to change the funding system, Catalonia has to act as the hare. And of course, if it acts as the hare, it's accused of lacking solidarity, and the PP-governed regions find it unacceptable to negotiate bilaterally with Catalonia. And this is where Montero tried to square the circle: there's bilateralism with everyone, because everyone has specific powers that others don't: in the case of Catalonia, the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) and the prisons. Therefore, bilateralism will be like a one-size-fits-all solution, and everyone will benefit because the State will provide more money. No region will be harmed. Squaring the circle is only possible if the State provides more money (which is ours, from our taxes, of course). Regarding the ordinality, Montero only said that "the model is not yet finalized," although Minister Alícia Romero has assured that the new model will guarantee the principle of ordinality, that there will be ordinality, for sure. In other words, if Catalonia is the third to pay, it will not be the tenth to receive, as is currently the case. Sources familiar with the negotiations explain that the improvement the new financing system represents for Catalonia is not yet finalized, because the population-adjusted criterion to be used has not yet been decided. They are close enough to the final figure to say that Catalonia will be on par with the best-funded regions, which would mean about 600 euros more per Catalan. This is the key figure to remember. If we currently receive approximately 3,400 euros per capita, with the new model it would be around 4,000. Probably 3,900 and change, so it doesn't seem like much.

I'm finishing. While anything Catalonia proposes is met with cries of "Insolidaris!" (a derogatory term for Catalans), Pedro Sánchez's government has sought to modernize its messaging on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Franco's death, which is the day after tomorrow. And to demonstrate that Spain lives in freedom, This large banner has been hung on the Gran Vía in Madrid.

"Being able to put up an ad in Catalan in the middle of Gran Vía." That's great. However, being able to teach in Catalan in schools without the judges interfering is a whole different ball game in this free Spain.

Good morning.