The Government of Pere Aragonès is at a crossroads over the plan to build the Hard Rock casino in Tarragona. If the plan does not prosper, the Catalan Executive risks having to also pay millionaire compensation for damages to the promoting company.

ERC and PSC are close (66 seats together) to a budget agreement, but are two seats short of a majority. The Generalitat has precedents, such as the ruling that forced it to compensate the consortium that was awarded the privatization of Aguas Ter Llobregat.