The testimonies of companies that chose to set up in Aragon and not in Catalonia after the pandemic caused a lot of controversy and reached Parliament. “The political and technical agility of the Aragonese government is brutal: if you call them, they are already receiving you within 48 hours, and they move very quickly,” explained the representative of a company to ARA. “Between opening a warehouse in Lleida or opening it in Fraga, which is right next door, there is a big difference in advantages,” assured another person.

“Catalan boys and girls have 30% of the opportunities they would have if they lived elsewhere in the State”. This is the complaint made by UE Olot, as the representative of Catalan non-professional clubs along with Nàstic, at the assembly of the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). The team from Garrotxa has raised its voice to denounce the imbalance between the number of Catalan licenses and the places obtained by Catalan clubs in the semi-professional categories (Primera, Segunda, and Tercera Federación).

In 2021, the Barcelona City Council, then led by Ada Colau, put forward a new Special Urban Plan for Drastically limit gambling establishments in the Catalan capital. It was established that these types of venues could not be installed within 800 meters of school boundaries or 450 meters of other facilities such as healthcare centers and libraries. In practice, this made it impossible to find a location where they could be installed. Now the Supreme Court has overturned part of this regulation, and Jaume Collboni's City Council has opted to suspend the approval of licenses while new regulations are drafted.