"It is clear that Spain has never done so well in its history, no matter how you look at it: 46.6 million international tourists in the first six months of the year and a record spending of 63.8 billion euros. So much noise and exaggeration so that you don't feel that we govern well and it benefits you". Apparently, the socialist Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, has not been told that in places like the Balearic Islands people are not so happy and that 70,000 people took to the streets on July 26 to demand something as simple as it is difficult to achieve at this point: that the citizens of the Islands can live with dignity. I want to think that Bolaños understands the difference between GDP and GDP per capita, because this nuance will help him understand that the 63.8 billion euros left by visitors do not affect residents in tourist areas. Perhaps the satisfaction is because companies like Aena exceed their profits year after year by squeezing the doors of our home.

The mayor of Inca, Virgilio Moreno, spends some time walking the 59 meters that separate the City Hall from one of the bars in front. Every two steps he stops to talk to someone. An elderly gentleman who greets him effusively, a lady who comes from Madrid to spend time in the municipality, a young couple, a man who asks him for one euro for the train (the mayor gives it to him, but asks him if he's sure it will be for the train and inquires if he has asked for help from any organization)... Upon sitting down, he greets the bar workers and asks for a bottle of cold water. The people of Inca know that it is hotter in the capital of Raiguer than in Palma and other places in Mallorca.

Pedro Sánchez will not repeat with Francina Armengol the strategy of entrusting the leadership of regional battles to his most mediatic allies. After the setback of sending the first vice-president and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, to Andalusia and obtaining the lowest result in the party's history in the territory, the president of Congress will remain sheltered in Madrid and will be definitively tied to the PSOE's future in the general elections. In the Balearic Islands, the definitive confirmation that she will not run again in the regional elections has caused an internal upheaval. For this reason, she will remain as general secretary of the PSIB, to control her succession from the apparatus.

The mixed commission on island status of Congress and the Senate approved this Tuesday an initiative presented by the deputy of MÉS per Mallorca and MÉS per Menorca in the Plurinational Group Sumar, Vicenç Vidal, which expresses the rejection of any expansion of the capacity of Ibiza airport.

The spokesperson for the Spanish government, Elma Saiz, has attacked this Monday from Palma

The State threatens the tax deduction of the Balearic Government so that direct aid intended for self-employed workers affected by the war in the Middle East does not have to be taxed under the Personal Income Tax (IRPF). The Spanish government has sent a request to the autonomous executive questioning the constitutionality of the measure, which is part of the anti-crisis decree approved by the Executive. It considers that this measure could cause economic and fiscal competition between autonomous communities.

The Socialist Federation of Mallorca has requested the censure of the mayor of Santanyí, Maria Pons, following the words she directed at the mayor of Algaida, Marga Fullana, during the assembly of mayors of Mallorca. According to the socialists' complaint, the PP leader told her "I will give you a raft" in the middle of the debate on a motion on social cohesion and human dignity.

“We are in shock, amazing”. “It is very frustrating”. “Whatever we do in the Islands, the reality of the PSOE overwhelms us”. “It is a tsunami”. These are some of the reactions among socialist party officials from the Islands after two weeks of national headlines about alleged corruption in the PSOE. The storm at Ferraz has impacted the morale of the PSIB at a delicate moment: with Francina Armengol's leadership in doubt and Iago Negueruela in the midst of a strategy change in Parliament.

When all the polls, and even more so after the blue wave of May 28, predict a more or less tight victory for the right-wing bloc in the State on July 23, the CIS does exactly the opposite. According to the organization led by José Félix Tezanos, the left not only does not retreat, but advances, as both the PSOE and Sumar could improve their results to the point of bordering on an absolute majority. In contrast, the PP and Vox would not reach it in any case.

The elections in Galicia are becoming increasingly tight and the PP sees its absolute majority fully in danger even before the Puigdemont effect was triggered by the proposal for a conditional pardon for the former president by Alberto Núñez Feijóo. This is revealed by the latest poll from the Sociological Research Center (CIS) prior to this Sunday's regional elections, in which the popular party led by Alfonso Rueda has stalled at 42.2% of the votes and between 34 and 38 seats –the same as in the previous survey–, while the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) is soaring. The sovereignists are reaching 33.4% of the ballots, with growth that would allow them to reach between 24 and 31 deputies, a historic record for the formation. If the CIS is correct, this double scenario makes the conservative absolute majority in Parliament hang by a thread. In parallel, the PSdeG-PSOE is sinking to 18% of the support, placing it between 9 and 14 deputies, in a particularly negative result for the socialist candidacy.

Aena has its own plans for the Eivissa airport and they are not what the Eivissa residents would want. At least, they are not what the Eivissa Council would want, which officially defends that the island has already reached its peak in terms of visitors. So much so that, in Eivissa, just like in Formentera, the number of vehicles that can access it by sea during the summer is limited and regulated. But in Eivissa, visitors arrive mainly by air. And many arrive. Only until April, 1,374,000 passengers have already passed through the Codolar airport. Almost triple those who have passed through Menorca in the same period; let this comparison serve to give an idea of the impact of the Eivissa airport. And the peak season has not yet begun, at the end of the year there will surely be more than 9 million.

The PSOE of the Consell d'Eivissa has publicly denounced that some of the new buses for the new public transport system are parked in a vacant lot in Platja d'en Bossa and, due to the recent rains, have become trapped in the mud and cannot move. This, according to the socialists, means they have been unable to operate to provide the planned service.

The People's Party (PP), Vox, and Coalition for Mallorca have approved a motion in the plenary session of the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council) demanding a ban on people wearing burkas or niqabs entering the institution's buildings. The PP presented the initiative, which received 18 votes in favor from the councilors of the three parties, compared to 13 votes against from the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands (PSIB) and Més for Mallorca. PP member Maria Garrido defended the proposal, emphasizing that in Spain, equality and human dignity "are not slogans," but rather "constitutional mandates." She indicated that this debate "went beyond a garment," arguing that it raised the question of whether, "in a democratic society, it is acceptable for a woman to walk down the street without a face covering."

The Consell de Mallorca, together with representatives of MÉS por Mallorca, El Pi, Vox and the PP, have signed a joint initiative for to demand that the state government approve a new highway agreement which would allow investment of up to 350 million euros in the island's road infrastructure. The PSOE is the only group not participating in the request.

Airbnb has removed the listing for the tourist apartment rented by the PSIB (Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands) from its website to highlight the existence of illegal rentals in Palma. The Tourism Department of the Consell de Mallorca (Island Council of Mallorca) reportedly requested the removal of the listing after a press conference held this Monday at the property by the Secretary General of the PSIB in Palma, Iago Negueruela.

The debate on the reopening of the old Bóquer road (Road 77) revealed a strong confrontation within the Pollença governing coalition, formed by MÉS per Pollença and the PSOE, during a municipal plenary session marked by political tension and angry intervention from the public. The proposal to bring the official recovery of a section of Road 77 to a plenary session, promoted by the Socialist Party, met with direct opposition from MÉS per Pollença, the coalition partner, which announced its intention to vote against it and demanded that the procedure be halted to allow for a broader debate on the consequences. The tension was not limited to the political benches. Several members of the public intervened, even without being given the floor, directly addressing the mayor and councilors with a level of aggression that nearly led to the suspension of the plenary session. Some attendees, opposed to the reopening, even presented independent studies to argue that the item should be removed from the agenda.

The PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) proposed on Wednesday a ban on tourist rentals of single-family homes and, furthermore, the revocation of licenses already granted. The general secretary of the Palma socialists, Iago Negueruela, presented this measure at a press conference prior to the plenary session of the institution, which will take place this Thursday and which, among other issues, will vote on the matter. Vox's language audit in public libraries.

The Balearic Islands will approach their record fiscal deficit of the last decade in 2025. These are the calculations of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which forecasts that the difference between what the Islands contribute and what they receive will be €570.4 million. This deficit was only surpassed in 2020, the year of the pandemic, when the balance was €579.5 million. On the eve of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council (CPFF), where the Spanish government will explain its proposed reform of the financing system, the Ministry warns that the Islands are among the territories most disadvantaged by the current distribution.