The organizations that make up the so-called G8 business group—the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and the other 12 Catalan chambers of commerce, the College of Economists, the Circle of Economy, PIMEC, FEMCAT, Barcelona Global, RACC, and the Barcelona Trade Fair—together with Foment del Treball, have drafted a joint manifesto on the new financing model presented by the Spanish government. The government of Pedro Sánchez and ERC stated that the model "cannot be considered sufficient." Following the harsh statement issued by Foment del Treball—the employers' association representing large Catalan companies—on the same day the Spanish government detailed its proposal, in which Foment del Treball labeled it "clearly insufficient," the G8 organizations have now aligned themselves with Foment del Treball's criticisms in a joint statement. Cecot has also endorsed the statement, reiterating that they consider it "crucial to seize the parliamentary window of opportunity to consolidate structural advances for the Catalan economy."

On the 5th, the president of the employers' association Fomento, Josep Sánchez Llibre, proposed to Spanish society a social pact in favor of immigration, avoiding the ideological and partisan character that characterizes the debate and focusing it on the economic effects that the demographic evolution is having.