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The Spanish Government downplays Catalonia's fiscal deficit and rejects reviewing its funding
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Catalonia, the Basque Country and Castile and León lead transparency rankings, while Madrid is at the bottom
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Business associations criticise Madrid’s report for a lack of accuracy while stating that 1,060 companies left Catalonia
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1,060 companies moved from Catalonia to Madrid for tax reasons since 2010, according to Madrid’s Government
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Madrid’s President alone in her push for recentralising Spain
Aguirre, President of Madrid's regional government, asked to return healthcare, justice administration and education powers, which are managed by the Autonomous Communities, back to the Central Government. Prime Minister Rajoy, the leader of the People’s Party (PP) –Aguirre’s party–, stated that a debate about the Autonomous Community model is “out of the question”. Furthermore the PP’s Catalan leader defended the current model, as Catalonia “exerts its self-government as established in the Constitution”. Besides, the Catalan President told Aguirre to return the powers she does not want to manage, but to leave Catalonia aside. He added that the current model was designed “to dilute Catalonia and the Basque Country’s self-governance claims”.