PalmIf it weren't really happening, it would seem like a script fromThe Intermission in particularly inspired moments. In the next plenary session, the Palma City Council – with the votes of the PP and Vox – will declare Pedro Sánchez persona non grataYes, in the city council meeting. Yes, to the Spanish Prime Minister. Yes, at a time when Palma is facing serious problems such as housing, overtourism, and the decline of local businesses. But no, the priority of the Cort government team is to perform a kind of institutional exorcism against Sánchez.
Or should we suspect—just suspect, mind you—that this is revenge because Sánchez's government decided that Spain wouldn't participate in Eurovision in protest against Israel's presence? Did they take it that badly? We can miss a festival of neon lights and glitter, but Palma doesn't need to add its own fireworks now.
Joking aside, the serious issue isn't the lack of political elegance in the matter, but the monumental irresponsibility it represents. The PP, in its constant and fearful courtship with Vox, has decided to join in this clumsy posturing that fuels the far-right fire. And it does so at the worst possible time, when the political climate in Spain is already toxic enough and when the hooliganismBoth online and offline, it only needs two misplaced sparks to spread further.
Declare persona non grata The Spanish Prime Minister's enthusiastic participation in this public lynching, which has been simmering for months, is giving wings to a narrative that needs enemies more than solutions and finds in exaggerated gestures a cheap way to do politics. And the PP, which has always tried to project itself as a party of order and institutionalism, falls into the most obvious trap here: committing political suicide.
Because there is no intelligent strategy behind this statement persona non grataPerhaps only Vox's. The only thing the Popular Party is achieving is losing credibility and handing over voters to the far right, which is where those who confuse firmness with noise and politics with provocation end up sooner or later.
By now, the PP should know what role it's meant to play in a democratic system: that of a governing party, not a generator of hashtagsAnd yet, with decisions like this, Palma chooses the path of spectacle. A path that may generate headlines, but that diminishes the authority and dignity of an institution that, in theory, should represent all citizens, including those who vote differently.
At a time when the city needs serious leadership and the ability to focus on real problems, dedicating a plenary session to turning the Spanish Prime Minister into persona non grata It's not just absurd: it's a waste of time, energy, and, above all, common sense. Palma doesn't need more symbolic gestures to inflame those who are already seething. It needs politics. The kind that's done with intelligence, not bitterness.
