Eco-sovereignty presents a law to demand that Madrid manage its airports.

PalmBased on the premise that the main cause of tourist overcrowding is the ports and airports, MÁS por Mallorca and Més por Menorca registered a bill in Parliament this Wednesday to demand that the Spanish government take over management of the Balearic Islands' airports. "It's one of the few powers we have in our Statute of Autonomy to transfer," remarked Lluís Apesteguia, spokesperson for MÉS por Mallorca, who insisted that this is the first time the proposal has been reflected in a legislative text.

"Parliament is speaking out on its right to decide what happens at the airports of Palma, Menorca, and Ibiza," he explained, and called on the other parties to speak out. "Aena and the Spanish government treat us like a money-making machine incapable of managing the airport system," he continued. "Despite the collapse of tourism, they plan to expand Son Sant Joan." "We propose creating an entity with a stake in Aena that will allow self-governing institutions to manage" the infrastructure, he argued. Similarly, Josep Castells (Más por Menorca) indicated that he expects the "super-autonomist" PP to support the proposal, since it "criticizes everything the State does as an imposition."

The PP and the PSIB, for "co-management"

When asked about this, the PP, the PSIB, and Vox said they would study the proposal before making a statement. However, Socialist leader Yago Negueruela recalled that the party "has always been in favor of co-management" of airports, not exclusively regional management. Meanwhile, Sebastià Sagreras of the PP emphasized that last Tuesday's plenary session approved a non-legislative motion from his party that also called for co-management of airports. In this regard, he considered Aena's management of the Balearic Islands' airports to be a "disaster" and "appalling," as the infrastructure is in a "deplorable" state and construction work is being carried out "in very poor conditions."