In the interview that was published the ARA newspaper this Sunday The president of the Generalitat (Catalan government), Salvador Illa, floated an idea that has been taboo until now, namely that the Community of Madrid cannot be treated like the rest because it has privileges tied to its status as the capital of the state. "Madrid has a capital status issue that must be taken into consideration when distributing resources," he stated. This reflection stems from something unquestionable, which is that the criterion agreed upon between the ERC (Regionalist Party) and the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) for distributing these resources in the new financing system, that of ordinality, benefits the Community of Madrid first and foremost, even more than Catalonia. So much so that, in the simulations that have been run, Madrid and Catalonia would share half of the additional resources that should be put into the system, between 8 billion and 10 billion euros according to calculations.