Overview

• Junts per Catalunya has formally requested a legal review of the decree delaying the tourist tax increase until October, citing a lack of urgency to justify its use.
• The Catalan government secured Comuns' support for the decree by allocating nearly €60 million to housing policies in exchange for backing the delay.
• The Consell de Garanties Estatutàries, an advisory body, will provide a non-binding opinion within 12 days, ahead of a parliamentary vote required by June 27.
• This is the second time Junts has challenged the government's use of decrees on the tourist tax, following a similar appeal against an earlier decree.
• Junts criticized President Salvador Illa for bypassing standard legislative procedures, accusing him of fostering instability through governance by decree.