They are not the dinghies. They are the policies of the PP and of Marga Prohens

The Balearic Islands are experiencing one of the most difficult moments in their recent history. It has never been so complicated to access housing. Never have so many young people seen the possibility of emancipating themselves so far away. Never have so many families had to dedicate such a large part of their salary to paying rent or a mortgage. And never have so many people felt that, despite working every day, living with dignity in their own land is becoming a privilege reserved for a few.

This is the big problem of the Balearic Islands, but it is the debate that the Government of Marga Prohens avoids.

The Popular Party has decided to place immigration at the center of political confrontation. They want to convince us that the main problem of the Islands arrives in a boat; that the housing crisis, the saturation of public services, and the unrest caused by overcrowding originate from people fleeing war, poverty, or persecution.

This narrative is politically useful because it diverts attention from the problems that truly condition the lives of the majority. But it is a profoundly unjust narrative.

Because the price of rent has not skyrocketed due to a family arriving seeking protection. It has skyrocketed because the PP continues to bet on a model that blindly trusts the market while refusing to intervene when speculation expels the resident population from their neighborhoods and towns. It refuses to use all available tools to contain prices, expand the public housing stock, and ensure that living in the Islands is not a luxury reserved for those who have the most.

The waiting lists for healthcare, dependency, or public services are also not the responsibility of migrants. They are the consequence of political decisions by the PP. Three years of lack of planning, insufficient investment in public services, and a model that opens the door to the privatization of what should be a guaranteed right for everyone.

When a government does not strengthen public services, it cannot later seek a vulnerable group to justify its shortcomings.

That is why it is surprising that the PP and Marga Prohens are so forceful when they talk about those who arrive with nothing and so little when it comes to confronting the speculators who condition the future of this land.

We will never see the PP dedicate the same energy to limiting the power of large investment funds that accumulate housing and contribute to further increasing the real estate market.

We will never see the same enthusiasm for protecting the right to housing as for promoting a model that continues to subject the territory to strong urbanistic and speculative pressure.

We will never see the same determination to defend families who cannot pay rent as to protect the interests of those who turn the Balearic Islands into a luxury product.

This is the great contradiction of the People's Party and its lack of humanism.

It is much easier to point out who arrives with a backpack than who arrives with an investment fund.

It is much simpler to feed fear than to regulate speculation.

It is much more comfortable to divide society than to confront the economic interests that accumulate more power.

While the PP points to the makeshift boats, thousands of migrants sustain a good part of the essential sectors of our economy. They work in hospitality, agriculture, construction, commerce, cleaning, and especially in care. They look after our elderly, pay taxes, contribute to social security, and contribute daily to the maintenance of public services and our welfare state.

Defending this reality does not mean denying that migratory policy needs order, planning, and resources. It means rejecting that immigration becomes a smokescreen to hide the failures of a government.

Because it is increasingly difficult to live in the Balearic Islands today is not the fault of the makeshift boats.

It is the consequence of political decisions.

It is the consequence of a government that has been unable to guarantee access to housing, that has refused to act in the face of rising rents, that has not sufficiently strengthened public services, and that prefers to look for culprits rather than assume responsibility.

From the PSIB, we defend another path. A Balearic Islands where housing becomes a right again and not a business; where the territory is protected so that it is not sold piece by piece to the highest bidder; where public services are the best guarantee of equal opportunities; and where politics stops dividing society to start solving its problems.

Politics is not about creating enemies among the most vulnerable.

It is about having the courage to face real problems, even if it means inconveniencing those who have always accumulated more power, and this is what neither the PP nor Marga Prohens will ever do.