The left bags Galmés, and Mallorca

When politicians take office, as happened with Llorenç Galmés in the Consell de Mallorca, they rush to find a quick solution to the car problem. And no, adding another lane to Palma's ring road doesn't solve anything. Nor did the left-wing coalition; on the contrary, they spent a fortune to widen several kilometers of the Llucmajor-Campos road. Now, cars from the Migjorn region are more likely to end up in traffic jams. Impulsive engineering leads nowhere when every citizen owns a vehicle. It's necessary, as Maria Llull's report explains so well, to change the car culture that for decades has presented this mode of transport as synonymous with status, freedom, and other advertising attributes that are not only false but have also led to a monumental gridlock. However, the president of the Consell de Mallorca is right, as his counterpart in Ibiza did, when he tackles the root of the problem and proposes limiting the entry of cars by sea. But here's the thing: Vox doesn't intend to approve the text promoted by the majority party in the Consell because "differences can't be made" and Spaniards shouldn't be charged fees to enter the Islands. That's their position. It has nothing to do with reducing pressure on the land and roads, but it's well known that Vox is fed up with that.

Supposedly, the left doesn't support this measure. They voted enthusiastically for it in the Balearic Parliament when it came from the Ibiza Consell. But now it seems the same proposal doesn't have the support of the same parties in the Mallorca Consell. Of course, with lame excuses, the PSIB and MÁS don't want to give the PP any reason to be upset. And, as in the case of the Campos highway, they're making the same mistake again. They should think about the citizens. And about their own consistency.