Junts per Tortosa, the main opposition party in Tortosa, has accused the municipal government of "lying" to justify the loss of an €80,000 subsidy intended for local commerce initiatives. The party claims this is part of a larger pattern of lost funding for the city.
According to Junts per Tortosa, the Generalitat de Catalunya denied the €80,000 grant because the Tortosa council failed to initiate the promised actions during 2025. The subsidy was originally requested on 2 October and was intended for planning, improving, and revitalising local commerce. Councillor Òscar Ologaray stated that the grant, "announced with great fanfare" last November by then-Mayor Jordi Jordan, was never actually awarded to the Tortosa City Council.
Junts per Tortosa accessed a denial resolution from the Generalitat, which confirmed the reason for the rejection. Ologaray criticised the municipal government for allegedly "lying" to explain its "management incapacity", by claiming that the Generalitat had "finally decided not to proceed with the pilot project". The opposition councillor asserted that "no matter how many excuses they make, citizens already understand that the tripartite government is on the podium for losing subsidies, whether inherited from the previous government or even those requested by themselves."
Criticism Over Advance Payment Request
Ologaray also criticised the "irresponsibility and unconsciousness" of Jordi Jordan for requesting an 80% advance payment for the subsidy that was ultimately not granted. "If the Generalitat had granted Jordan's request for this advance to the Tortosa City Council, we would now have to return it with late payment interest," Ologaray explained. Junts per Tortosa estimates that the total accumulated amount of lost subsidies under the current municipal government now "exceeds €10 million".
The accusations from Junts per Tortosa highlight ongoing concerns regarding the municipal government's management of funding for local initiatives. This development is likely to fuel further political debate in Tortosa regarding financial oversight and the effectiveness of local governance in securing and utilising regional grants for community benefit.
