However serious the world is, with Trump turning the United States into an authoritarian state and pushing the world to unprecedented levels of destabilization, and with the Iranian ayatollahs' regime experiencing a street uprising, we must address what's happening closer to home. And this continues to be, and will continue to be, called funding. Yes, it sounds like a song by that annoying guy, it has elements of... déjà-vu And we're at the top of the street: for the PSC and Esquerra it's the best possible agreement because the concert or something similar was impossible, for Junts it falls short precisely because it's not the concert, the PP (now part of the PSOE, we'll talk about it later) finds it scandalous that the Spanish government decides to share the money of all Spaniards with the Catalan separatists (it doesn't matter, because the Spanish government is also scandalous).

One outstanding issue for Catalonia is improving technology transfer, that is, the process of transforming knowledge from scientific and technological research into practical solutions or applications for the market. It is an essential element of innovation and, by extension, improving productivity, the variable that ensures long-term progress. The Basque Country in Spain and Flanders in Belgium are two benchmarks that Catalonia looks to, characterized by having innovative ecosystems focused on industry.

Andreu Mas-Colell (Barcelona, ​​​​1944) is one of the most renowned economists. At the presentation ceremony for the Alexandre Pedrós Prize—the distinguished tax expert of the Barcelona Economic Society of Friends of the Country—held this Tuesday at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona, ​​​​Professor Guillem López Casasnovas, president of the jury, was responsible for remembering him. With him, the award debuts its recognition of a professional career.

Andreu Mas-Colell (Barcelona, 1944) talks to ARA minutes before the Court of Auditors confirms €5.4m bail for some thirty former Generalitat senior officials over its foreign action between the years 2011 and 2017. Now they have 15 days to deposit it with the court.

The former Catalan Minister of Economy Andreu Mas-Colell has accepted this Wednesday that he does not have "the bail at the ready" to be able to face the almost €3m that this Tuesday the Court of Auditors requested in the case on the Generalitat's external action. "I cannot say that it has been a surprise", Mas-Colell said in an interview with ARA, and added that he was "psychologically prepared" for the news. In addition to Mas-Colell, Court of Auditors has demanded a bond from 34 former government officials, including Artur Mas, Oriol Junqueras and Carles Puigdemont. In a 504-page report, the Court of Auditors imposed a bail of over €5.4m. Now they have 15 days weeks to settle the debt, a time in which the former Minister has said that "many things can happen". Whatever happens, Mas-Colell is certain he will go on: "I do not want anyone's pity; I will survive, these people will not destroy me morally".

From 11 am, live on ARA, the former Minister of Economy Andreu Mas-Colell will talk to Antoni Bassas to analyze the bail claimed by the Court of Auditors to 34 former government officials In a report of 504 pages, the Court of Auditors imposes a bail of more than 5.4 million euros, for spending on foreign policy and Diplocat from 2011 to 2017. In the case of the counselor Andreu Mas-Colell, almost three million euros are claimed.

The proceedings of the Court of Auditors over the Generalitat's external action against 41 current and former Catalan government officials, who will have to post a joint bail of €5.4m in the next few days, is a true monument to ignominy, a scandal that brings the quality of Spanish democracy down a few notches. In fact, the way of proceeding is very reminiscent of authoritarian and dictatorial regimes, which applied justice retroactively against the defenders of democracy, accusing them of being "rebels".

The Court of Auditors has communicated today to around forty former and current Catalan government officials the bonds they will have to pay over expenses incurred by Catalan foreign policy and diplomacy between 2011 and 2017. The report runs for a total of 504 pages, known as the provisional liquidation act, which closes the instruction and imposes a bond of over than €5.4m to address the procedure, since later it is expected that a trial will be held to decide what will be the final amount of the fine for their accounting responsibility.

A total of 33 Nobel Prize winners in economics and twenty other renowned economists say they are "deeply concerned" about the situation of Professor Andreu Mas-Collel, whom they refer to as "one of the best known and most respected Spanish economists". This group of economists, among whom are the majority of Nobel prize winners of the past ten years, have signed an article in which they defend the ex Catalan minister after his son explained on Twitter that the Court of Auditors could seize Mas-Colell's house, pension and bank account.

More than a thousand people in just a few hours have expressed their support for the ex councillor of Economy Andreu Mas-Colell on Change.org, the world's leading petition platform. In the case of Professor Mas-Colell, they are asking for support in the face of the Spanish Court of Auditors' intention to seize his assets, pension and bank accounts as part of the investigation into the Government's foreign action between 2011 and 2017.

Within two weeks, the house, the pension and bank account of the former minister Andreu Mas-Colell could be seized by the Court of Auditors as a result of the investigation it has opened for alleged irregularities in the Generalitat's foreign action between 2011 and 2017. The former minister's family considers the investigation totally unfair and his son, Alex Mas, has decided to make it public through a Twitter thread that has already received the support of several internationally renowned economists

With Next Generation funds, we aim to strengthen the health system, to make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation goals of the Paris Agreement, which the European Union has enthusiastically embraced, and to complete the digitisation of public administration and the economy. These three goals have one thing in common: they all challenge research and innovation systems. Without major scientific and technological breakthroughs, we will not succeed, and neither will we succeed without business adopting them.