🏛️💶 Spain proposes new deficit path for regions amid budget tensions
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Spain's government has proposed a 0.1% GDP deficit path for autonomous communities from 2026 to 2028, allowing an additional €5.485 billion in spending. Finance Minister María Jesús Montero aims to present a new regional funding model within two months. However, tensions with PP-led regions persist over financing reforms, and the proposal faces challenges in Congress, where it was previously rejected. The outcome remains uncertain as the government seeks to secure support for the upcoming General State Budget.
Key points
- The government proposes a 0.1% GDP deficit path for regions from 2026 to 2028, allowing an additional €5.485 billion in spending.
- Finance Minister María Jesús Montero commits to presenting a new regional funding model within two months.
- Tensions persist with PP-led regions over financing reforms and perceived concessions to Catalonia.
- The proposal faces challenges in Congress, where it was previously rejected.
Links
- El País: Máxima tensión entre el Gobierno y los barones del PP ante la negociación del techo de gasto
- 20minutos: El Consejo de Política Fiscal afronta una reunión clave para los Presupuestos con las autonomías del PP en pie de guerra por la financiación singular
- El País: Pere Aragonès: "La financiación no va de la vicepresidenta Montero, se trata de que Pedro Sánchez cumpla"
- Cadena SER: El Gobierno ofrece margen a las autonomías para gastar 5.500 millones más hasta 2028
- Europa Press: Las CCAA del PP acuden a la reunión con Hacienda con "pocas expectativas" y piden que no haya "cesiones" a Cataluña
- Europa Press: Hacienda ofrece a las comunidades autónomas un déficit del 0,1% para 2026, 2027 y 2028
- El Mundo: Montero ofrece a las CCAA la misma senda de déficit que ya rechazó el Congreso
- RTVE: Hacienda ofrece a las comunidades un objetivo de déficit del 0,1% del PIB, un margen fiscal que ya rechazó el Congreso
- elDiario: Yolanda Díaz pide una 'tasa Trump' en los Presupuestos para que las grandes tecnológicas "pasen por Hacienda"
- Europa Press: La FEMP acusa al Gobierno de generar "caos" con la tasa de basura, que es "discriminatoria" para los ciudadanos
- Europa Press: Montero se compromete con las CCAA a presentar un nuevo modelo de financiación en los próximos dos meses
Facts
- Proposed deficit path of 0.1% GDP for 2026-2028.
- Additional fiscal margin of €5.485 billion for regions.
- Montero to present a new funding model within two months.
- Previous deficit targets were rejected by Congress.
Quotes
- The reform of the financing model is unavoidable, essential, and the Government of Spain cannot continue to delay it — Ruth Merino, Valencian regional minister for Finance and Economy.
- If it presents the same thing it will get the same vote it had last year and this is pure logic — Miriam Nogueras, Junts spokesperson.
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