The PP and Vox in the Consell are urging their parties to agree on the acceleration decree

PalmWhile the PP and Vox are clashing head-on in the Balearic Parliament, they govern with relative harmony in the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council). The vice-president of the island institution, Pedro Bestard (Vox), warned his party that he prioritized maintaining the agreement with the president, Llorenç Galmés (PP), and even went so far as to to threaten to break with Vox if they asked him to leave the governmentNow, the latest clash between the PP and Vox parliamentary groups, which led to the lapse of the decree to accelerate projects, has directly affected the Consell (Island Council). The import of waste from Ibiza into Mallorca depends on this regulation. According to sources from both parties, their island representatives have expressed to their counterparts in the Balearic Parliament the need to overcome their differences, at least in this area, and allow its approval.

Vox rejected the approval of decree law of September 30Vox did not do so because of disagreements with the law itself, but as retaliation for the PP's refusal to process its language law. This conflict reached a breaking point last Tuesday when the PP presented its own proposal to make Spanish the language of instruction in the Education Law, which Vox labeled a "betrayal." However, the far-right parliamentary group justified its vote against the decree law by citing references to renewable energy, something incompatible with a party that denies climate change and the 2030 Agenda.

Almost a month and a half has passed since that Vox cover story was published, during which time the concerns of Galmés and Bestard, the leaders of the Consell, have steadily grown. According to sources from both parties, the institution has made it clear that the legislation must be passed urgently to guarantee the treatment of this waste. The waste from Ibiza and Formentera is currently transported to the Ca na Putxa landfill, which is nearing its capacity, and there are plans to move some of it to Mallorca. According to calculations provided by the island group MÉS per Mallorca – reported by Europa Press – this would mean that some 21,900 truckloads of manure would circulate on Mallorca's road network each year, carrying 160,000 tons of non-recyclable waste. If the import of this waste is not approved, another solution for Ibiza would have to be found. The Consell de Mallorca would forgo 50 million euros from the Balearic Government in exchange for assuming the management of this manure.

According to sources from the PP and Vox parties, negotiations to pass the decree law on accelerating projects – which foresees other issuesInitiatives such as the installation of more solar parks on rural land and facilitating the construction of shopping centers and businesses are still underway despite tensions in Parliament. "We're being pressured by the Consell, both us and them," a PP source asserts. According to this same source, they are working to amend the legislation to remove references to renewable energy in order to appease Vox. Meanwhile, sources within Manuela Cañadas' party state that they support allowing the import of waste from Ibiza. However, they are not taking their vote in favor of the decree law for granted. If negotiations fail, they point out, "this issue can always be incorporated into another piece of legislation."