Spain maneuvers against the clock to minimize a partial payment of European funds, but already assumes that it is possible. Despite the delays, the technical extensions and all the time gained by maximizing the flexibility of the regulations, the negotiation on the fourth disbursement to Spain continues to be choked.

The negotiations are slow, more tense. The longest and most frictional meetings. And for the first real time, the deadlines seem impossible. The Government knows it. Last month, in the same place, Corps said it was "premature" to talk about partial payments. And today he has admitted that "both scenarios are possible"