Where is the PP's alternative to the funding proposal?

BarcelonaIt seems unheard of, but the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has called a meeting this Sunday with his party members. males to force them to sign a declaration in which they all pledge not to accept the new money that the new financing system would mean for their autonomous communities. For the Popular Party, the system is "unfair" and a "rigged deal" simply because it was agreed upon by a party like ERC, as if this hadn't happened in all previous systems, for example, the 1996 system, which resulted from an agreement between the PP and CiU. The fact is that a citizen of Valencia or the Balearic Islands, which have PP governments, watches in astonishment as their administrations renounce a huge amount of resources, which would undoubtedly improve public services in their territories, simply because it doesn't suit Feijóo's political strategy. The signing today of the so-called Zaragoza Declaration by Marga Prohens and Juanfran Pérez Llorca goes against the interests of their citizens, and even against the mandate with which they were elected, which is to strive to improve the living conditions of their people. Or does Pérez Llorca think that Feijóo will improve upon the offer of 3.669 billion euros made by Pedro Sánchez's government? And what guarantees does he have? Isabel Díaz Ayuso can afford to forgo that money because the capital effect more than compensates for her underfunding, but other regions cannot.

In any case, the signing of the declaration opposing the model would have been better understood if Núñez Feijóo had put forward a proposal with figures that improved upon the Socialist government's proposal for each and every region. But that's not the case. Feijóo hasn't put any figures on the table. He hasn't even laid the groundwork for this fairer system he claims to want to implement. He's only said that he wants certain specific criteria, such as depopulation, to carry more weight (a variable that benefits the northern autonomous communities, which are the best funded, by the way), or that there should be a variable linked to housing construction; all minor details that, if he were truly interested in achieving them, he could accomplish through negotiations in Congress. But this is one of the problems with Spanish politics. The two major Spanish parties have never been able to agree on a financing system. This consensus they are now calling for has never been reached. Simply put, the opposition party always votes against things, no matter the circumstances. In 1996, Andalusia, Extremadura, and Castilla-La Mancha refused to join the new system then agreed upon between the PP and CiU because they considered it lacking in solidarity. But when they saw it was losing money, they rushed to sign up. Will the PP-governed regions do the same now? If it's approved in Congress, will they refuse to adopt it and renounce the funding? For now, that seems to be the plan. But, of course, that's because Feijóo is confident that Junts will reject the model. But if this doesn't happen, the PP will have a problem. A big one.