The Catalan Executive faces a key week for . After the failed attempt last March, the Catalan Executive hopes to tie up the support of ERC and Comunes for its accounts this week. After approving the credit supplements that guarantee payroll payment and recurring spending, the Government has left a margin of around 800 million for the agreements it reaches with its parliamentary partners, according to Catalan Government sources. Among other things, it is expected that a part of this money could go to satisfy the demands of the teachers, who continue their protests.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, , must return to Parliament to present the Budget bill for 2026. If nothing goes wrong, this time she will do so with the support of Republicans and commoners, which guarantees that the accounts will finally go ahead. The Catalan Executive warned that, if not, Among them, the investments for the Barrios law and investments that had to be launched. In total, there were about 1,500 million euros that were going to disappear if the Budgets were not approved.
Among the ERC demands that Salvador Illa’s Government plans to satisfy is the investment consortium, which must be articulated through a mixed commercial company, or that between the State and the Generalitat next Wednesday, once the Andalusian elections have passed. Executive sources maintain that, in addition, issues related to health and education are expected to be put on the table, in addition to other more political measures that probably do not have a financial cost.
From ERC they insist that the economic aspect cannot be an impediment and they are willing “to modify some points of the agreement to give more resources to teachers,” point out sources from the Republicans, who add that they have not set a figure for education in the Budgets so as not to put impediments in the negotiation with the unions.
The union organizations also do not want to put a figure that serves as a red line in the negotiation and are open to accepting different formulas, yes, raising the increase of 60 euros per month, which implies an expense of about 100 million for the Generalitat.
“This year a more significant figure would have to be proposed, although later there will be talk of a larger amount already scheduled in several years,” say union sources, who also propose a smaller increase in the salary supplement, but a return of the six-year debt. However, since it affects a group of about 120,000 teachers, both public and subsidized. And for example, a button: increasing the salary of teachers by 100 euros per month translates into 168 million annually. The union table between the Government, initially scheduled for Tuesday, will finally be held on Wednesday. For Ustec, the change of date is “incomprehensible” and demanded “absolute priority,” according to spokesperson Iolanda Segura on Saturday.
Republicans are optimistic about the new meeting between the Government and unions and believe that . “All parties are interested in reaching an agreement. And we are at a time when everyone has stepped up to achieve it, both the Government and the unions. Furthermore, no one is interested in the conflict prolonging,” these sources add. In fact, all parties have made concessions in recent days: the Government finally agreed to reopen negotiations, while the unions have agreed not to carry out the usual roadblocks early this Monday in Barcelona, the day on which the educational strike is focused on the capital’s educational centers.
