VOX steps up pressure in Catalonia over 200,000-euro grant to partner of Montse Mínguez

VOX has filed fifteen questions in the Parlament (Catalonia's regional parliament) demanding that the Govern (the Catalan regional government) explain the award of 200,000 euros to Nest Capital Homes, SL, a company linked to Sergi Vélez, the partner of Montse Mínguez (PSOE). The grant was awarded on 27 October 2021 as part of the extraordinary business solvency subsidies introduced during the pandemic.

The **VOX** parliamentary group in Catalonia has filed a set of fifteen questions aimed at the Govern to clarify the award of a **200,000-euro** subsidy to **Nest Capital Homes, SL**, a company linked to **Sergi Vélez**, the partner of **Montse Mínguez**, of Spain's PSOE. The move comes after several media outlets published information about the company's property dealings.

## What was awarded, and when

According to data from Spain's National Subsidies Database cited in the initiative, the Department of Business and Labour awarded the grant on **27 October 2021**. It fell under the extraordinary direct aid for business solvency approved in response to the pandemic.

VOX wants to know what technical, economic and administrative criteria justified the award. It also wants to know how much the company initially requested and how the final amount granted was calculated. It further asks what economic and accounting documentation the company submitted, and what debts, supplier payments or fixed costs were accepted as justification.

## Questions over the payment and subsequent oversight

The questions call for specifics on whether the subsidy was paid in full, on what dates the payments were made, and what checks the Generalitat carried out afterwards to verify how the funds were used. The group asks whether any review, revocation, repayment or sanction proceedings have been peine.

Among the questions filed is one that points directly at the procedure. VOX asks whether there were any communications, recommendations or interventions by people linked to the **PSC** in connection with the application, processing or award of the grant. The group demands that the Department prove the file was resolved solely in accordance with the established requirements and criteria, without outside interference that altered the ordinary procedure.

## Who signed off, and how it compares

The party has also asked for the identification of the bodies and officials involved in the file. It wants to compare the timelines and amounts with those of the other beneficiaries of the same aid scheme.

To this it adds checks on tax obligations, Social Security and possible overlaps with other public grants. The stated aim is to ensure transparency over the use of the **200,000 euros** and to determine whether the award, the justification and the payment complied with the established requirements.

This is a parliamentary oversight initiative, not a court ruling. The questions raise suspicions and requests for documentation; it will be up to the Govern to respond and provide the file. Any assessment of irregularities requires waiting for that response and, where applicable, for whatever the competent authorities determine.