The first vice-president and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, during a plenary session in the Senate, on September 4, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). The First Vice-President and Minister of Finance, starts the political course giving explanations in the Senate about the singular financing for Catalonia agreed with ERC, which she denies that it is an economic agreement, in the face of internal misgivings within some regional federations of the PSOE and criticism from PP, Vox and some government partners such as Compromís. 04 SEPTEMBER 2024 Eduardo Parra / Europa Press 09/04/2024 (Europa Press via AP)