Editorial: El País

• The President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès of the Esquerra Republicana, proposes a funding system similar to the Basque and Navarre one for Catalonia.
• The proposal has been received coldly and seen as an electoral move.
• Major economic organizations showed indifference, due to the discredit accumulated by pro-independence parties in economic management.
• Outside Catalonia, the proposal faces rejection and criticism.
• Esquerra proposes to move away from unilateralism to seek a responsible, sufficient, and transparent financing model.
• The main problem is not the common funding regime, but the inequality between this and the foral regimes
• Extending quotas to other territories would amplify inequality.
• Catalan discontent arises not from paying 'more' but from receiving back less than they contribute.

Conclusion: To solve the cross-sectional discomfort among Catalan citizens, an urgent solution to the asymmetry in the receipt of funds must be sought instead of grandiose proposals.

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