The government is "completely calm" regarding the budget extension

"Absolute calm." This has been the message from the First Vice President and spokesperson for the Balearic Government, Antoni Costa, regarding the extension of the 2026 budget. Negotiations with Vox have reached a standstill. The Government maintains that it is not giving up on trying to reach an agreement later, but has also assured that it will stay the course even if it has to move forward with the 2025 budget. Marc Pons, a member of parliament, warned that the extension will entail cuts, even at a time of economic growth. "No matter how much financial engineering they do, they will transfer the management problems to the boards," the parliamentarian pointed out. Along the same lines, he emphasized that "the worst cuts in the history" of the Balearic Islands were implemented by the Popular Party president, José Ramón Bauzá, when Costa was Director General of Finance. "The same person who wanted to close hospitals and schools, who laid off the professionals of this Government, now has the nerve to lecture us?" he asked. Costa has denied these claims, asserting that the Balearic Government has only "cut taxes because it is fair." "Citizens have saved 900 million euros this legislative term, and we are deeply proud," he maintained. "We operated with an extended budget for more than six months this year, and absolutely nothing happened," Costa said in response to a second question along the same lines posed by Socialist MP Llorenç Pou, whom he accused of "wanting cuts in the Balearic Islands so he can defend his rhetoric."