The Catalan government will be able to spend up to €40.524 billion next year, representing a real increase of 3.3% compared to the budget extended from 2023. This amount, which does not include targeted spending or that of the rest of the public sector and which exceeds €40 billion for the first time, is the so-called €2 ceiling, for which Salvador Isla's government has yet to secure support. Precisely due to the lack of agreement, the Catalan government is currently operating with the extended 2023 budget, because Pere Aragonès's administration, from the ERC (Republican Socialist Workers' Party), failed to approve the 2024 budget, which precipitated early elections; nor did Isla's administration. The government estimates that the established limit increases by 7.1% compared to the extended budget, but deviations in expenditures such as healthcare and the need to finance debt mean the increase is actually 3.3%. The figure allows compliance with the spending rule, as explained by the spokesperson and Minister of Territory, Sílvia Paneque. The planned deficit target is equivalent to 0.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP), or €429 million.