An unprecedented Alliance between PSC and ERC
The agreement on unique funding between the PSC and ERC has emerged as a key element in the Catalan political landscape, transforming into a scenario of strategic maneuvers. What seemed like a step towards tax autonomy has become a complex game of power where both parties seek to take advantage of the current situation to gain time and stability.
The current context: needs and strategies
After a harsh election, ERC is at a critical crossroads, needing to revitalize his image in front of an increasingly skeptical electorate. In contrast, the PSC seeks to consolidate its position as an essential partner in government, taking advantage of the scenario resulting from the collapse of the independence process.
Exchange of needs
Both parties, despite having different goals, are forced to collaborate. ERC seeks to regain its nationalist essence and the PSC seeks to ensure its political influence. In this scenario, unique funding is presented as a key tool for maintaining the legislature underway until the 2027 election.
Singular Financing: A Bitter Caramel
The counselor Romero said that in the first months of 2025 significant advances were expected to be unique. However, what is really being negotiated is a preliminary scheme that, far from ensuring concrete results, seeks to simply gain time in an increasingly uncertain political landscape.
Immediate budgets and needs
Conversations on singular funding are closely linked to the management of Catalan budgets. The PSC needs ERC to collaborate in the approval of the Government Credit Supplement to maintain its political agenda, which includes promises of ambitious reforms in areas such as housing and economics.
Future critics and perspectives
Alejandro Fernández, leader of the PPC, described the agreement between ERC and PSC as a ‘fraud’ and a ‘deception’, arguing that what is presented as advances are actually simple empty rhetoricals. Its analysis emphasizes that both ERC and PSC are using this legislature to extend their time in power, rather than to address the real problems of Catalan society.
An uncertain future
With a panorama that is becoming more and more disinnaming of key issues such as housing and public transport, singular funding becomes an opaque topic in a government that seems more concerned with its own political survival than to the needs of the citizenry. The current legislature is perceived as a temporary readjustment, with a view to the next election of 2027.
