"Our society has not had a serious debate on this topic." This is how Joan B. Casas, dean emeritus of the College of Economists of Catalonia (CEC), expressed himself regarding immigration and its impact on Catalonia. Casas is co-author of a new report presented this Tuesday at the CEC headquarters titled A Useful Migration Policy for Economic and Social Transformation, prepared by the group of experts Economists for Well-being, which outlines the shortcomings of migration policies in Spain and identifies specific solutions so that the arrival of foreign population helps to create an economy that works "for the benefit of the natives, those who have come, and those who may come in the future", in the words of Josep Reyner, another of the co-authors.

The Catalan Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food, Òscar Ordeig, called on Thursday for innovative policies in the agri-food sector, both public and private, to ensure that food production, which has sometimes "been subordinated to other paradigms," becomes Catalonia's flagship project in the coming years. "Environmental policies have been implemented without considering agri-food policies; urban planning policies have been implemented without considering food production policies; and health policies have been implemented without considering that we have a Mediterranean diet, a UNESCO World Heritage Site," Ordeig explained on Thursday at the Pim headquarters. In addition to this need for a forward-looking vision in the sector, Ordeig also stated that it is necessary to make decisions to move forward and find a balance between "not forging ahead without thinking, and thinking without forging ahead." "We have met many times with the sector to be clear about where we needed to go, but above all we have had to make decisions, manage, manage, and manage," explained the regional minister, who cited the recent health crises that have affected the agri-food sector in Catalonia as an example.

Catalonia does not have an economic agreement like the Basque Country because the political forces that held the majority in 1977—the PSC, the PSUC, and the UCD—did not want one. This is what Miquel Roca (Bordeaux, 1940), one of the fathers of the Constitution, stated during his participation in the series. Conversations with the dean at the College of Economists of Catalonia. Furthermore, the politician and lawyer added that the true importance of the special tax arrangement is not the tax model itself, but rather having access to tax inspection services, like in the Basque Country. "Sometimes I say they should erect a monument to us," he asserted. Because we discuss money, but not what he considers to be true power, which is having the authority to inspect.

He president of Banc Sabadell, Josep Oliu, has admitted in his first reaction after the failure of the BBVA takeover bid that he hadn't expected "such a resounding result." "It was a big surprise," he told Catalunya Ràdio, adding that he thought the takeover bid would be "over 30%." Oliu said they were aware of the "absolute support" of minority shareholders, but that they had "no evidence" of the overall support there would be for the Vallesan bank's project.

The Leitat technology center is undergoing a period of restructuring. After a few difficult years, in which the Vallesan entity It was forced to lay off 114 workers and accumulate debt that made its existence difficult. –which has survived largely thanks to the public injection of almost ten million euros from the Generalitat–, the center now seeks to enter a new era under the leadership of a new president, Ramon Pastor, a long-standing figure in the Catalan technology sector. Furthermore, the Círculo de Economía will have a woman as president for the first time in its history, and Carles Puig de Travy will repeat as dean of the College of Economists of Catalonia. These and many others are some of the main executive signings of the week.