# Is Spain next. 

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The prospect looked ever more likely as Catalonia, the country's wealthiest autonomous region, said it needs financial help from the central government as it is running out of options for refinancing its debt, worth more than 13bn euros (£10.4bn),this year.
 
 "We don't care how they do it, but we need to make payments at the end of the month. Your economy can't recover if you can't pay your bills," Catalan President Artur Mas said.
 
 The region's credit facility from the central government is due to run out in June but it has pledged to find a new solution. 
 
 Last year many of Spain's 17 regions financed their debt by falling behind in payments to providers such as street cleaners and hospital equipment suppliers. 
 
 "Irrespective of what happens to Greece, Spain remains a very significant threat to the whole coherence of the eurozone, and we did have a taste of that again today with the suspension of Bankia shares," Jane Foley from Rabobank told Sky News.