Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'The financing agreement is pending Montero's decision'

In weeks like this, the disappearance of Catalan politics from the forefront of the political scene is glaringly obvious. With everything happening in Valencia, the trial of the Attorney General, and the corruption cases plaguing the PSOE, it's not surprising. But this isn't happening now. Isla has prioritized peace and is very closely tied to Pedro Sánchez, both politically and personally, and both Junts and Esquerra have their leaders barred from holding office. Both the Catalan and Spanish governments are fragile, but we've already entered a period where failing to pass a budget is no longer grounds for calling elections. The result? A game of impotence.

This doesn't mean that nothing is happening in Catalan politics. This morning, Miriam Nogueras has solemnly announced in Congress that he will block all PSOE lawsWe'll see what this announcement means in relation to what Puigdemont already did a few days ago.

A few weeks ago, we explained that the Government believed a financing agreement could be reached soon. It hasn't. The current situation is as follows: the resulting figure for Catalonia from the agreement would be good. It's necessary to define what this "adjusted population" means in the case of Catalonia so that the figure can be presented with supporting arguments. Ordinality will be possible if the State contributes more money, and it can do so because it's collecting a lot of revenue due to the strong economy. The issue that's currently most stalled is the Catalan Tax Agency (Agència Tributària Catalana), specifically how to transfer what is a state structure, such as the collection of all taxes, to the Generalitat (the Catalan government). This is one of the problems Vice President Montero has on her desk: the opposition to the transfer of tax inspectors. Esquerra is in talks with Junts (there's communication between Junqueras and Puigdemont, and with Turull), and also with Compromís, because the Valencian Community is also severely underfunded. And here we are. The Catalan government won't put the Spanish government on the ropes over funding (or anything else for that matter), but it has an incentive to move forward with the agreement: if there's no funding, there won't be a Generalitat budget, because Esquerra won't negotiate it. Furthermore, Esquerra has no interest in ousting Isla: it doesn't have a candidate to run in an election. Hence, too, this kind of deadlock in Catalan politics.

Meanwhile, as I was saying, the Supreme Court is trying the Attorney General for the crime of revealing secrets (the emails from Ayuso's partner where he said he wanted to make a deal with the Tax Agency to avoid going to trial). A witness exonerated the attorney general yesterday.It was a somewhat dramatic statement, that of a journalist, José Precedo, from'Eldiario.es, who stated that he knows who his source is, that he cannot reveal it, but that he can say it was not the attorney general.

José Precedo: "And here I have a rather serious moral dilemma, one that all journalists often face, which is that I do know the source of this story, I know it. I won't reveal it due to professional secrecy."

President of the court: "It's one thing for him not to say it, but it's another thing for him to threaten us by saying that he knows it."

José Precedo: "No, I'm saying there's a moral dilemma because there's a person being asked to be imprisoned who I know is innocent, because I know the source, but I can't say the source. It's not a threat."

The right wing is rubbing its hands together at the thought that the prosecutor might be convicted. So far, no evidence has emerged to incriminate him.

Good morning.