The spokesperson for the Government of the Canary Islands, Alfonso Cabello, expressed deep skepticism on Monday regarding the State's announcement to initiate procedures for the 2027 General Budgets. Although the autonomous Executive celebrates the attempt to recover this vital instrument after three years of extensions, Cabello stated that the regional Executive "is not very optimistic" about the accounts seeing the light of day.

The Canarian Government's distrust is based on recent experience. The spokesperson recalled that in 2025, the Canarian team arrived in Madrid with all the documentation prepared to negotiate the 2026 accounts just as it was announced that there would be no budgets. Cabello lamented the state paralysis of the last three years, contrasting it with the stability of the Canary Islands, which approves its budgets in a timely manner.

For the regional Executive, the "pressure and temperature" currently experienced in the Congress of Deputies makes the approval of new accounts "improbable." Cabello stressed that a central government incapable of passing budgets and updating vital transfers for the communities "should look into it".

Meanwhile, the absolute priority for the Islands remains collecting the 350 million euros pending from the 2026 fiscal year, a claim they maintain with a "drop by drop" attitude towards each ministry.

Regarding the debate on new regional financing, the Canary Islands have expressed their full willingness to sit down and negotiate, providing documentation, but under non-negotiable conditions. The main red line is absolute respect for the archipelago's singularities, demanding that the Economic and Fiscal Regime (REF) be recognized distinctly from the state's common financing system.

The Government of the Canary Islands rejects any thesis or crossed information that seeks to dilute or not recognize the Canarian charter as an independent tool from the State's common funds.