"It is difficult to explain that someone does not want their liabilities reduced." This is how the Minister of Finance, Arcadi España, defended the partial debt write-off for the autonomous communities in the face of the total amendments from the PP and Vox, which failed in Congress thanks to the votes of the plurinational majority. For Arcadi España, a breathing space is needed for a good part of the communities, which are the administrations that bear the expenses of the welfare state, but many, like Catalonia and the Valencian Community, are underfunded and still struggling from the economic crisis a decade ago.