Antoni Bassas' analysis: "It's not fear of the PSOE, it's a lack of political will."

The Spanish and Catalan governments agreed yesterday that they would "maintain the necessary contacts to agree on a new financing model." Yesterday, a new financing model was not agreed upon. Nor did "the" figure come out: it wasn't even agreed that Catalonia wouldn't lose positions when you compare its position when it pays and its position when it receives. No, yesterday they agreed that there was still no agreement.

And there's no agreement because the process has been slow. Minister Romero said this morning on TV3 that we should see the glass half full: the meeting and the work over the past few months have been conducted bilaterally between both governments, and a new financing model has been put on the table. Yes, but it took us a year to get to the starting point. There are no specifics.

The Spanish government, instead of going out and telling the people and making them understand what all the autonomous regions can gain (if the State provides the money), has cowered and hasn't wanted to, or hasn't had the heart to, fight this battle. With Vice President and Finance Minister Montero campaigning in Andalusia, she, who should be selling the benefits of the agreement, should instead distance herself. And this Catalan government, a socialist one, will never do anything to upset the PSOE. The result? Stay tuned to your screens.

Watch an expert's dispassionate analysisProfessor Albert Carreras, who today wrote an article in ARA where he says that what was presented yesterday "is neither a revolution nor a coup d'état" and that, "read carefully, the Spanish government seems to have given little." What's more, "If there is progress in compliance, the wording of the agreement poses little threat to the PP."

Juntos has said it was "a joke" and that if the "coffee for everyone" proposal isn't eliminated, he will vote against it. Jordi Turull said this on TV3 this morning.

The Spanish side has reacted with robotic grandiloquenceSurely they already had their speeches written. An example from Ayuso:

"Because they are not partners of Sánchez or accomplices, that was before. They have risen in category. Today they are thepimpsof the president. As the dictionary says: 'They are ruffians.' The president eats out of their hand. He lives off them. He lives for them. He makes the bed for them and the Spanish people pay. Madrid will have serious problems paying salaries. To pay the salaries of health workers, doctors... We will go to the National Court, to the Constitutional Court, to the unity of all the autonomous communities. Wherever we have to go to say, also from the Community of Madrid, that we refuse to sign this death sentence against Spain."

"Death sentence against Spain", "All of Spain will finance Catalan sovereignty", "Equality is broken." Nothing new.

But there's more truth in the disappointment on the Catalan side (a disappointment that includes Esquerra and all) than in the overinterpreted rending of garments on the Spanish right.

Precisely for this reason, the lukewarmness of a PSOE dragged into the agreement is all the sadder. Yes, no matter what you agree to, the PP will tell you that you're selling out Spain. Be ambitious, govern, lead, and present a new model, explaining to everyone what you could gain.

Good morning.