They are leading us to an administrative collapse," Catalonia's vice president Oriol Junqueras said Monday, adding the measure was "unprecedented". "This means that from now on (Catalan leaders) no longer have their money," said a spokeswoman for Spain's budget ministry. For Madrid, paying the salaries of the roughly 170,000 employees of the Catalan regional government will not be an easy task. The Catalan government probably "still has a bit of margin" to pay salaries during the month of September, said Cuenca. To prevent it from using this money, Madrid has asked banks to control all movements in the accounts and credit cards managed by Catalan leaders.

Source: The Local September 20, 2017 08:15 UTC