The Government "will not put spokes in the wheels" of private universities.

PalmThe controversy surrounding the possible establishment of the private university CEU San Pablo in Mallorca continues, but the Executive remains firm in its commitment to facilitating it. First Vice President and Minister of Economy, Antoni Costa, has asserted that "the Government will not put obstacles in the way" of the launch of new private universities in the Islands.

Costa made these statements during an interpellation by the PSIB MP Carles Bona, who asked him for explanations about the meetings held by the Government with potential interested parties when drafting projects and decree laws that facilitate the construction and implementation of projects. The arrival of CEU San Pablo in Mallorca was processed as a strategic project in just over a week, as explained by ARA Baleares.

However, the proposal fell through a few weeks ago when Vox opted to overturn the law in Parliament. Since then, the agreement reached by the Formentera government on September 25th to rezone the land of the former Riskal building to accelerate the establishment of the private school has been revoked.

The Vice President argued that private universities "complement" the offerings offered by the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). "The more people trained in higher education, the better for the Islands," he continued: "We need human capital to make this process of economic transformation we desire possible." "This Government will not put a spoke in the wheel to make it possible," he said: "It's called freedom."