More than 65% support the Generalitat collecting and managing taxes in Catalonia.

The proposal for a unique financing model for Catalonia that would allow the Generalitat to collect and manage all taxes finds widespread support in Catalan society. Two-thirds of those surveyed by Ipsos support this model, which would place Catalonia in a situation similar to that of the Basque Country, one of invisible independence (albeit very tangible in terms of cash flow) and which would undoubtedly reduce the Catalan conflict to more manageable dimensions. Support for this new system is practically universal, with the exception of the Spanish right-wing and far-right electorate (although one in five Vox voters agree with granting Catalonia this unique financing).

There are nuances, however. For example, one in five Socialist voters is wary of one-off financing. And while gender doesn't make a difference regarding this proposal, age does. Support for one-off financing is ten points higher among respondents over 64 than among those under 34.

Unique financing: widespread rejection by PP and Vox voters and suspicion among one in five PSC voters

The greatest paradox arises from the income level. Around 70% of those who live comfortably or with sufficient income support the Generalitat (Catalan Government) collecting and managing Catalan taxes. In contrast, support falls almost 20 points, to 53%, among those with insufficient incomes who are most in need of assistance from the public administration.

The one-off funding is part of the compensation that the Catalan separatists (in this case, Esquerra) have agreed upon with President Pedro Sánchez in exchange for his support for the progressive coalition government in Spain, or for Salvador Illa's executive in Catalonia. However, approval of the budgets is still pending in both cases, and the Ipsos survey asked about the conduct of Junts and Esquerra when Sánchez or Illa present their draft public accounts.

A third calls for an unconditional vote on the public accounts and another 30% only if they include the proposals of ERC or Junts.

At first glance, the vast majority of Catalans (more than 60%) want Junts and Esquerra (and Comuns in the case of the Catalan government's budget) to support each other's draft public accounts. However, half of them (around 30% of all respondents) make this support conditional on the inclusion of the proposals of each group (i.e., Junts, Esquerra, or Comuns).

80% of Junts and Esquerra voters want their groups to support the budgets of Spain and Catalonia.

Naturally, voters from each party express significant differences regarding the conditionality of this support. In the case of the state budget, although the overwhelming majority of pro-independence voters (around 80%) support a favorable vote from their respective group, only a minority accepts it as unconditional, and up to 60% of them make this support conditional on the acceptance of the proposals of Junts or Esquerra. The rejection of facilitating the approval of the state budget is particularly high among PP and Vox voters, although it decreases in the case of the Catalan budget, a factor where, paradoxically, the opposition of Aliança supporters is most pronounced.

Popular Party voters and those of Vox and Aliança show the greatest rejection of agreeing on public accounts.

The overall correlation is somewhat more favorable in the case of the Catalan budget (with 65% citizen support for the budget agreement). But the position of secessionist voters hardly changes: 85% of ERC voters want their party to support any budget that Salvador Illa may present. However, 54% of them condition that support on the inclusion of Esquerra's proposals. And although Junts leads the opposition in the Parliament, Puigdemont's voters also want him to support any budgets from Illa's government. As many as 77% of them support a favorable vote, but, like ERC voters, 57% demand that Junts' proposals be included. In short, more than a decade after the bitter divisions of the Catalan independence process , Catalan society is committed to a pact and stability.

Division over the meeting with Puigdemont

Opinions are divided on the merits of the meeting between Salvador Illa and Carles Puigdemont. 46% of Catalans believe the meeting between the president and the former president was positive for Catalonia, compared to 40% who think otherwise. It should not be forgotten that Puigdemont remains the Catalan politician with the highest level of disapproval among his fellow citizens, with up to 70% disapproving of his work. The percentage of favorable opinions about the meeting drops even further when asked whether the meeting was positive for Spain: 41% believe it was, compared to 42% who consider it negative. In general, the meeting was perceived more positively by voters of Junts, ERC, the Comuns, and the CUP. However, 40% of Socialist voters view the meeting negatively (for Catalonia or Spain), and a similar percentage of Aliança supporters also view the meeting negatively, although below the 80% of critical opinions recorded among Vox or PP voters.

68% believe that judges “play politics”

The majority of Catalans agree that "there are judges who are engaging in politics and politicians who are trying to do justice." This statement, uttered by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in an interview on Spanish national television, garnered a 68% level of agreement among Catalan citizens. This statement is equally widely shared among all voting groups, with the sole exception of PP voters, who only 44% agreed. In contrast, 70% of Socialist voters believe that judges engage in politics, a percentage that rises to 80% among pro-independence or Comuns voters. Even 56% of Vox voters admit that members of the judiciary "engage in politics." Likewise, the majority of those surveyed by Ipsos (58%) believe that judges do not act impartially, but are influenced by their political preferences. Only a third believe that the majority of members of the judiciary act impartially.

Social Climate Catalonia by La Vanguardia

TECHNICAL SHEET

Scope : Catalonia Universe : Population aged 18 and over residing in Catalonia with the right to vote in regional elections Sample size : 2,000 interviews (1,500 with CAWI methodology and 500 with the CATI system) Sampling system : Last selection by provincial quotas, municipality size, sex and age Administration method : CATI: telephone interviews with mobile and landline numbers CAWI: Self-administered online, device agnostic interviews Date : from 11 to 17 September 2025 Sampling error : for the entire sample and in a 95.5% confidence interval, assuming maximum indeterminacy p=q=50, the sampling error is ±2.19 points.