The Spanish Government managed to approve the new regional financing model in the meeting of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council. The approval was possible thanks to the tie-breaking vote of the Finance Ministry, which broke the tie in favor of the proposal.
The model had the support of the autonomous communities of the Canary Islands and Catalonia. These were the only regions that voted in favor of the new financing formula presented by the Executive.
All remaining regions governed by the Popular Party voted against the new model. In addition, two socialist governments, that of Asturias and Castile-La Mancha, also rejected the proposal.
The PP described the approval as "a betrayal of the Spanish people and blackmail by the independence movement," thus expressing its strong opposition to a model that, according to the party, grants too much power to the independence regions.
