Nearly 3 out of every 10 euros that the State has allocated to the autonomous regions since 2012 through mechanisms such as the regional liquidity fund (FLA) have gone to Catalonia. According to data from the Ministry of Finance, since that year to date, 145.365 billion euros have reached Catalonia through various extraordinary instruments, out of a total of 431.289 billion euros allocated to the territories under the common regime, which cover the deficit and pay bills and ten.

One episode of the massive blackout indicates the extent to which the will for self-government in some autonomous regions is quickly diluted. The decision of up to eight autonomous communities—all but one governed by the People's Party (PP)—to hand over the keys to the Spanish government with the declaration of a national emergency demonstrates, on the one hand, that they lack confidence in their own civil protection system and that, for the Popular Party, autonomy is a mere instrument to wear down Pedro Sánchez's government.