The problem is not in Seville, but in Madrid

Andalusia has an unemployment rate of 15%, narrowly surpassed only by Extremadura, and a poverty rate and rate of people at risk of social exclusion of 37%, the highest in Spain except for the city of Ceuta. That with indicators like these, the Andalusian president announces tax deductions for gym memberships or veterinary expenses speaks for itself, to put it mildly. Especially when viewed from Catalonia, where the transfer of the misnamed "solidarity" (solidarity is voluntary, not mandatory) remains disproportionate and harmful, and leaves no room for populism like this from the president of the regional government, nine months before elections.

This must be able to be said, and yet, the discussion about Catalonia should not be with Andalusia or any other region, but with the State. The Spanish government is playing dumb about the new financing system (and it will be even more so, given that the vice president and finance minister is the Socialist candidate in Andalusia, and her electoral prospects are very poor), and the last thing we need is to go back to the tearful can of worms that comes from the concept of how much ingratitude toward the Andalusians.

With all its executional inconsistencies, the independence project was intended to provide a comprehensive response to the persistent problem: that both the PP and PSOE governments seek to perpetuate the economic suffocation of our country, even when they have agreed to review the financing due to the pressures of circumstances. The problem is not in Seville, it is in Madrid.