The Spanish government has invested, on average, twice as much money per Madrilenian as per Catalan since Pedro Sánchez took office. The State has maintained the trend already experienced by the PP executives of allocating more money than planned in the budget to the Spanish capital and, conversely, leaving a large part of the investment allocation for Catalonia unfulfilled, resulting in a notable disparity in the funds that the socialist executive has allocated to both territories since mid-2018.

The Spanish government has increased its average real investment in Catalonia by approximately €158.9 million annually since Pedro Sánchez took office, compared to the period under Mariano Rajoy. This increase is due, in part, to the rise in investment in Catalonia that appears in the general state budget since Sánchez took office. In fact, the fact that the total budgeted investment has grown more than the total investment actually invested means that the current government's execution rate is significantly lower than that of the previous PP administration.

Once again, Catalonia is at the bottom of the state budget execution list, with 20% of its budget being spent. This is based on data from the General Intervention of the State Administration (IGAE), released by Catalunya Ràdio and TV3 and accessed by ARA. In total, spending was €456.6 million in Catalonia during the first half of 2024. As for the Community of Madrid, spending was 57.5%, with a total of €694.3 million. It should be noted, therefore, that these are not figures for the entire year and, furthermore, refer to a prorogued budget. This means that it is possible that the budget will be spent as early as 2023.

The Generalitat has approved a decree law to speed up the execution of public works and expand the access of small and medium-sized companies to contracts from the Catalan administration, as reported by the Government itself on Tuesday.