Various autonomous federations of the PSOE They have publicly displayed their frontal rejection of the door that Pedro Sánchez has left open in the words of the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, of granting special treatment to Catalonia in terms of regional financing.. The president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García Pagehas been the most critical, although other groups such as those from Extremadura have also wanted to warn the Sánchez Government about this issue.
And Minister Montero declared this week that The “unique issues” that some autonomous communities such as Catalonia have “must have special treatment” in terms of regional financingalthough he insisted on carrying out a negotiation with the rest of the communities to promote a model that is valid for all.
Given this, different autonomous ‘baronies’ of the PSOE have wanted to show their rejection of this unique financing proposal for Catalonia, suggesting that it would be a concession to the Catalan independence movement to keep Pedro Sánchez in La Moncloa.
In this sense, the socialist leader of Castilla-La Mancha has spoken, Emiliano García-Pagewhich has attacked this singular financing proposal for Catalonia because it considers that It would be “too expensive a price to pay to maintain a position.”
«The only thing left to do is for us to end up paying for the entire independence party together.«Page snapped in response to the suggestion that Minister Montero made this week for special treatment in the financial debate.
A warning from the PSOE of Extremadura
The PSOE of Extremadura also wanted to speak out on this matter, warning the Sánchez Government that its federation will not “allow blackmail” by “any other autonomous community” in the negotiation process of the new regional financing model.
For the Extremaduran socialists, “singular” facts or issues cannot “under any circumstances imply differences between Spaniards.”
In this sense, they point out that the PSOE of Extremadura “cannot allow” the negotiation of regional financing “be used as a bargaining chip in the negotiations undertaken in the territories«, while opposing the «reissue of already surpassed experiences» such as the fiscal pact that the Generalitat of Catalonia proposed and agreed to when Mariano Rajoy was governed.
In a multilateral negotiation
For its part, the socialist Government of Asturias defends that “any future modification of the financing system goes through a multilateral negotiation with all the Communities«. «Asturias has not moved one bit from his approach. That is, multilateral negotiation to achieve a new financing system appropriate to the needs of each territory, where the real cost of services is recognized,” added sources from the Executive.
The leader of the Andalusian socialists, Juan Espadasasserted that “the current regional financing model It is unfair to Andalusia“, as well as that the “singularities” of this autonomous community They must be addressed “just as those of Catalonia«.
In the case of the Murcian socialists, they believe that the Government’s position consists of “promoting a reform of the system for all the autonomous communities of the common regime, which allows excellence in the quality of public services in all territories.”