Ana Rosa Abejón presents her candidacy for the Podemos primaries for Parliament

PalmaAna Rosa Abejón announced this Wednesday her candidacy for the Podemos primaries to head the party's list for the Balearic Parliament in the upcoming regional elections in May 2026. According to the party, her proposal is based on the idea that the Balearic Islands cannot continue to be governed "for the benefit of a few while more and more families have difficulty accessing housing, making ends meet, or building a life project."

Thus, housing, tourism degrowth, the strengthening of public services, and care policies will be some of the axes of her proposal. Abejón defends a "change of course" in the face of policies that have turned the Islands into a territory that is increasingly "more expensive, overcrowded, and one that expels its own population." In her opinion, living in the Balearic Islands is becoming increasingly difficult, which is why one must not resign oneself. "I am taking this step as a citizen who lives and shares the daily problems of many families," she said.

Abejón is a sign language interpreter. A militant of Podemos since the party's early years, she is currently the secretary of Feminisms and LGTBI+ for Podemos in the Balearic Islands.

The candidate has placed access to housing as one of the main social and political emergencies of the community. "Before, people fought so their children could access higher education. Now they fight simply to have a roof over their heads," she lamented.

Abejón has defended intervening against speculation and recovering housing as a right because it cannot be allowed "that the right to decent housing continues to be the business of a few." Thus, she proposes promoting public policies that guarantee access to decent housing, expanding the public stock, protecting working families, and limiting the speculative dynamics that expel the population from their neighborhoods and municipalities.

Tourism

"For many years we have been told that tourism feeds us. But the reality is that there are thousands of people who work in this sector and, despite this, they cannot afford to live in the Islands," she highlighted.

According to her argument, housing and tourist overcrowding are "two sides of the same coin," and for this reason, she proposes setting limits on tourist growth, moving towards degrowth, and changing the priorities of the institutions. "We cannot continue to expand a model that generates profits for a few while making those who work in it precarious and expelling those who live here," she added.

Abejón considers that the change of model must be accompanied by a strengthening of public services and care policies, since, she argues, "there will be no right to housing or real equality if families have to solve the care of children, the elderly, and those who need support on their own."

Building a community

In this sense, she is committed to placing daily life at the center of political action and building a community where working does not mean giving up living, caring for others, or having time.

Abejón has remarked that her candidacy aims to open a political alternative for those who do not accept that the Islands become a territory reserved for those who can afford its prices. "I am taking this step because I do not want to resign myself. I believe there are many of us who want Islands where we can live, care, and build a future, and I believe it is time for us to get involved to make them possible," she concluded.