The Spanish government is demanding that ERC abandon "extreme positions" in the personal income tax negotiations

BarcelonaThe Government and ERC are aware that they are assured of the band and band of a bullfight. The main folder that he had was the new financial model that, in parallel, was negotiated by the Spanish government. In fact, the Catalan side, in this negotiation, goes on a common front because the principle of order is guaranteed in the new system, always for Catalonia. There was a relationship of trust that, after the No d'Oriol Junqueras to negotiate the budgets, has been touched. Esquerra considers that the PSC "has not done its duty" to put pressure on the PSOE because it transfers the recapture of personal income tax; Instead, the Government believes that the Republicans have changed their position and are demanding more guarantees than those they initially demanded. Unfortunately, both parties have responded to contacts this week to try to resolve the situation. Finally, they have all given more room to negotiate and have extended the term to present reports to the totality of the comptes: the final debate will be on March 20.

Abans from this data, there is a quote that for ERC can be clear: the Consell de Política Fiscal i Financiara (CPFF). A move that was planned for this month of March - facing no specific date - is that the Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has to present the legislative modifications necessary to implement the new financial model. It is here that the republicans believe that they will be able to turn the pols over to the predisposition of the Spanish government to fit the IRPF, that is, if they are willing to incorporate what was proposed in some of the legislative changes that they propose. The republicans demand that the reform of the LOFCA (Organic Financial Law of Autonomous Communities) be included, but Montero finally refused to do so.

In this sense, in an interview with Cadena SER, Montero has demanded that Esquerra abandon "extreme positions" which, apparently, are just fans who "allunyar" him. The cessation of the competition because the Tax Agency of Catalonia (ATC) recovers 100% of the IRPF is one of the agreements that socialists and republicans are going to sign for the investiture of Salvador Illa and that the federal committee of the PSOE is going to assume. The Spanish government, however, adheres to the commitment signed by the Bilateral Commission of the July 17, 2010, in its establishment that is to change the necessary laws because the Catalan government assumes "progressive management competencies in the IRPF" in a model in the management system of the system. tributari", in which the state treasury would also participate.

All in all, ERC will not like the Bilateral agreement, so they will cling to the legislative changes that will agree to promote the two governments to put pressure on the socialists. This is what the leader of the Republicans, Isaac Albert, has demanded here, who, in an interview with SER Catalunya, has demanded that the Spanish executive transfer the Bilateral agreement to the CPFF. "Modifications can be made to move forward because communities can recapture assets," said Albert. The republican leader considers that it will be "a first clear step" that Montero is committed to.

The "commitment" of the bilateral

From the Parliament, and once delivered its powers, the Minister of Economy, Alícia Romero, has volgut to remember that the State is going to assume "a commitment" to the development of the Catalan Ministry in that bilateral one. "The will of the government of Catalonia and Spain in the bilateral agreement is very clear as to how we will deploy the ATC," he underlined. It has also ensured that they will work to provide the "guarantee" that ERC needs to ensure the Government's assurances in relation to the comptes.

Romero has been optimistic, pointing out that there is a "more than 50%" chance that the execution will end up taking advantage of the budgets. Amb tot, there is no need to move forward if the Government is considering withdrawing the bill to avoid an eventual parliamentary defeat. "At the end of this term [March 20 is far from the totalitat debate] we will be working intensely. We will not propose another option," he said. Nor has he wanted to assess a possible electoral advance, if the chamber finally takes its budget.

The investment consortium

On the day that the Government presented its comptes, ERC registered with Congress the law that must regulate the Consorci d'Inversions de Catalunya, the new State-Generalitat body that must supervise state investments in Catalonia. This organization, also agreed with the Government for the investiture of Salvador Illa, seeks to "fix the structural deficiencies accumulated over decades", according to what the Republicans have claimed, highlighting the suitability of the initiative in the midst of the gap in Rodalies and infrastructures with the AP-7.

This consortium has been on the rocks since February: The Government and ERC have agreed on the statutes that will govern the new body, but the endorsement of the PSOE has not returned. The organization is going to begin to unravel in the last weeks and had to serve as a facilitator of the negotiations between socialists and republicans to begin to talk about the budgets, while ERC maintained that it did not replace the condition that they have fixed to recover the IRPF.

The text presented to the Spanish lower chamber establishes that the new consortium will be joint, that is, that it will have the participation of the State and also the Generalitat in equal shares, and will have to prepare a multi-year investment plan, with the monitoring and control of the execution, coordinating The state investors invest and promote corrective measures when the terms or the execution levels do not follow the agreements.

The law also provides for the creation of a Mercantile Investment Company of Catalonia, newly owned by the two administrations. Així doncs, one band is the consortium, which will be the one who will set and plan the political course of the investments, and also the Mercantile Company, which will be in charge of executing them. The registered rule sets a maximum period of time to constitute the consortium: it is time to start the activity on the 1st of 2027. As for the commercial company, it is necessary to set two months for its new creation. According to Esquerra, the financing of all the parties will assume "integrament" of the State.