Far from abating, the storm between the Generalitat and the State over the investment crisis is growing in intensity. On a visit to Catalonia, the Spanish Minister of Transport, Raquel Sánchez, had convened an event to announce several infrastructure improvement projects which ended up deriving in the umpteenth conflict between the Spanish and Catalan governments. In spite of the fact that the Generalitat had previously informed it would attend, it ended up standing up the minister to highlight, once again, its dissatisfaction with State's investment in Catalonia. Relations between the two governments are degrading with every passing day, especially taking into account that this is not the only conflictive area: Catalangate spying scandal is yet to be dealt with and no progress has been made on the conflict over sovereignty.

Before bringing the Catalangate crisis to a close, the Generalitat and the Spanish government have clashed again over another major controversy: the State's investment deficit in Catalonia, which a report by the Ministry of Finance has uncovered. This Wednesday Catalan president Pere Aragonès, the vice-president Jordi Puigneró, and Spanish Transport Minister Raquel Sánchez all met to discuss the matter. Although the meeting was not on their agenda, all three coincided in the presentation of a new Google office in Barcelona.

After months of heated debate, dialogue tables and a surprise agreement in August, the expansion of El Prat airport has gone from being sealed to be completely frozen. The Spanish Minister for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, announced this Wednesday that the €1.7bn investment would be put on hold in an appearance expressly convened at only an hour's notice. The reason given is the statements made in recent days by the Generalitat, which demanded changes to the project to ensure the protected natural areas of La Ricarda lagoon would not be affected.