Clash over Ibiza's waste: Vox demands an urgent decree to relocate it

PalmClash between the PP and Vox parties over the transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca. The measure was halted when the far-right party withdrew the decree law on accelerating waste management. This concern was expressed by their own representatives on the island councils, as explained by ARA Baleares.After weeks of negotiations to revive this law, Vox now says the talks have stalled and is demanding a specific decree from the government focused exclusively on waste management. But the People's Party (PP) refuses and is urging the far-right party to continue negotiating. Vox spokesperson Manuela Cañadas explained that "the PP has unilaterally halted negotiations" on the decree-law to accelerate projects. In response, she said, they will present a motion to the Ibiza Island Council demanding the approval of a specific decree-law solely to allow the transfer of waste. "It was included in another decree that has nothing to do with it, and it was a sufficiently important and urgent issue for the island of Ibiza to avoid mixing it with other matters; they could have handled it separately," she insisted.

For his part, the PP spokesperson, Sebastià Sagreras, recalled that the PP and Vox "had agreed on the decree to accelerate projects" and it was the far right that rejected it at the last minute because the PP refused to support their education law. "It was a huge irresponsibility that Cañadas is only now realizing," he said. "It is necessary to find a solution to the waste transfer from Ibiza, and we welcome Cañadas's correction." Nevertheless, the PP representative insisted that the decree-law to accelerate projects "is still being negotiated," and denied that the talks had stopped. "The things Cañadas does and says, I've long since lost hope of ever being able to tell the tale myself," he said.

No news on the spending cap

There are also no updates on the spending cap. The government has given itself two weeks to negotiate it with Vox and the PSIB, the only parties that have expressed a willingness to discuss it. Cañadas criticized the PP for seeking an agreement with the Socialists, "the same PSOE that governed the Balearic Islands for eight years and economically devastated them." "If the citizens voted for change, it's because they want change," she insisted. That's why, she pointed out, they continue to extend "a hand to the PP," even though, she said, they have the feeling that "the PP doesn't want to reach an agreement and prefers to play the victim." The PSIB spokesperson, Iago Negueruela, echoed this sentiment, accusing the government of "trivializing" the spending cap and of "wanting, at all costs, to prevent any agreement." For the moment, he said, "no one has called to negotiate any spending cap": "I've never seen a negotiation like this."

Sagreras, in turn, insisted that negotiations are ongoing, but downplayed the possibility of an agreement with the PSIB: "It seems difficult due to the conditions they are setting, including a cap on rents, which has driven up prices and reduced the supply in Catalonia." Therefore, he asserted that "negotiations with Vox have intensified," but did not provide further details.