Overview
- The Generalitat plans to restart budget negotiations next week, but ERC insists on progress toward IRPF collection and urges the PSC to press the PSOE.
- Catalonia’s Comuns warn their backing hinges on enforcing housing law penalties after a year with no fines issued.
- Rodalies service remains short of full normality following the Gelida crash that killed a trainee driver and injured 37, prompting dismissals at Renfe and Adif.
- The Generalitat and Spain’s Transport Ministry outlined a 2026–2030 Rodalies plan targeting about €8 billion over a decade, with improvements that will not be immediate.
- President Salvador Illa is still hospitalized with osteomyelitis, has no discharge date, and remains in contact with acting leader Albert Dalmau as governance continues.