The CUP has shown its discomfort with the budget presented by the ERC-JxCat coalition government. Nevertheless, this agonizing negotiation will be creating far larger discomfort across Catalan society. It is not the first and businesses, charities and organisations in health and culture are hoping for this budget to be approved to help the country find its way out of the crisis. It has been a long time since Catalonia has seen such expansive budgets. Naturally, the detail and distribution of items can be debated, but the mere fact that there is a general increase is in itself good news. That is why there is a general awareness that this opportunity cannot be missed. Budgets that have been carried over (and we have already had a few in recent years) would be an unforgivable collective failure. An economic impulse from the public sector is now widely felt to be imperative.