The PSIB has joined MÉS per Mallorca and announced this Wednesday that it will vote in favor of the vehicle limitation law that will be debated next Friday at the Consell de Mallorca. In the press conference after the Spokespersons' Board, the deputy Amanda Fernández defended that the regulation "cannot wait any longer" and lamented that, given that the Council's initiative then has to be processed in Parliament, the limitation will not come into effect until the next legislature. next Friday at the Consell de Mallorca. In the press conference after the Spokespersons' Board, the deputy Amanda Fernández defended that the regulation "cannot wait any longer" and lamented that, given that the Council's initiative then has to be processed in Parliament, the limitation will not come into effect until the next legislature.

The Parliament's plenary session will approve next Tuesday a text from Vox to ask the Spanish government to prohibit the use of the burqa in public spaces. The PP has guaranteed its support for the initiative and, therefore, it will foreseeably go ahead. In this legislature, it is already the third parliamentary initiative they have registered on the same topic, although they do not have legal standing because the autonomy does not have powers on this matter. The text will also have no legal effects on this occasion, even if it is presented as a bill. It is a symbolic pronouncement by the Chamber that is part of the battle between the PP and Vox to champion the anti-immigration discourse.

The outbreak of the case affecting José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the entry of the Civil Guard into the PSOE headquarters have shaken the PSIB and provoked the reaction of the right in the Balearic Islands. The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, considered that "the legislature has ended" after learning this news, in line with the PP's state position, which has called for elections to be brought forward. "Pedro Sánchez must return the voice to the citizens", she insisted.

The spokesperson for MÉS per Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, boasted about his knowledge of Latin in this Tuesday's plenary session. Amidst the chaos of the Government's Omnibus Law approval, the eco-sovereigntist, who holds a degree in classical philology, was one of the few parliamentarians who enumerated the amendments, laid out in that language on the voting script, without pronunciation problems. A skill that impressed the President of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne (Vox), who admitted he struggled to keep up with the speed at which he enumerated each point. "Mr. Apesteguia, I do not have so much knowledge of Latin," he told him on one occasion, asking him to go slower. "What a Roman accent!" he finally conceded, when Apesteguia requested a separate vote for points "novovicies" (29) and "tertricies" (33).

The Parliament approved the Omnibus Law this Tuesday after an accident-prone process in Parliament that has put the left in a state of war and has even provoked complaints from the legal advisors. The norm began to be processed as a law for strategic projects but, in a plot twist, the PP modified its title to introduce about seventy of its own amendments on unrelated issues and, incidentally, to comply with the pacts with Vox pending officialization. The opposition in bloc has denounced the "chaos", but while MÉS per Mallorca and Més per Menorca have refused to participate, the PSIB has indeed agreed on some amendments with the PP on the taxi sector and the integration of the Tax Agency (ATIB). The legislative chaos continued until the last minute, when the deputies did not understand the voting blocks and the president of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne, had to take a recess to clarify things and, finally, a roll-call vote had to be resorted to.

Salvador Illa continues to lead the polls for the 12-M elections. According to the latest survey, published by Crónica Global, the socialists would improve their 2021 results and would secure 38 deputies – they currently have 33. However, Illa could once again emerge as the winner at the polls without reaching the Generalitat. According to the survey, pro-independence parties would maintain their majority with 69 seats, with Junts (33 deputies) ahead of Esquerra (28 deputies) and the CUP (8 deputies), a sum that could open the door to the investiture of former president Carles Puigdemont. Another possible governing majority would involve a tripartite government of socialists, republicans, and commons, who would secure five deputies in Parliament. Nevertheless, Esquerra has already publicly refused to make Illa president of the Generalitat.

The corruption case affecting former Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has marked this Tuesday's plenary session of Parliament. After Alberto Núñez Feijóo's recent visit to Palma, who assured that "PSOE corruption is worse than the mafia", the Popular Party have rubbed salt in the wound in the session of control to the Government, while the deputy spokesperson of the PSIB, Marc Pons, has delved into the judicial cases open within the ranks of the regional PP.

The ultra concentration of Nucleo Nacional scheduled for this Sunday at La Feixina has revived the debate on the advisability of preserving this space. ARCA is one of the most prominent entities opposed to its demolition, which a large part of the progressive movement calls for, because the monument represents "Francoist exaltation", according to entities like Memoria de Mallorca. The vice-president of ARCA, Àngels Fermosselle, wants to "completely" dissociate the entity from "any responsibility for a gathering for which only the conveners are responsible", she told ARA Balears – ARCA has also publicly condemned the call.

MÉS per Mallorca and Més per Menorca have this Wednesday halted the PP, PSIB, and Vox's intention to process the omnibus law in the plenary session before the procedure completes all steps in parliamentary committee. "They are laughing at parliamentarism," lamented the eco-sovereignist leader, Lluís Apesteguia. "If the citizens saw how 'shabby' the Parliament is, they would put their hands on their heads," lamented the Menorcanist Josep Castells on his part.

The PP has lashed out this Tuesday against the socialist bench over the indictment of former Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling, and document forgery. The president of the Govern, Marga Prohens, has assured that "in time, they will all fall, one by one, and they will pay for the harm they are doing to Spain and to the Spanish people".

The PP has launched a call to left-wing voters who "cannot stand" for Vox to condition governments and investitures. It is the first reaction of the popular spokesperson in Parliament, Sebastià Sagreras, after the results of the elections in Andalusia, with an unsatisfactory outcome for the PP, which, despite being the most voted party, has lost five deputies compared to 2022, has remained two seats short of an absolute majority and will again need Vox to govern.

The PP has launched a call to left-wing voters who "cannot see" Vox conditioning governments and investitures. This is the first reaction of the popular spokesperson in Parliament, Sebastià Sagreras, after the results of the elections in Andalusia, with an unsatisfactory outcome for Juanma Moreno Bonilla's PP, which despite being the most voted force has lost five deputies compared to 2022, has fallen two seats short of an absolute majority and will again need Vox to govern.

The Government approved this Friday the mobilization of 15.3 million euros for a social package that complements the anti-crisis decree law. The Executive has divided the social shield into two decree laws: the first, which contained the economic measures aimed at the sectors most affected by the war in the Middle East, was approved at the end of March with the support of the PSIB and the vote against Vox. The parties have not yet commented on whether they will support this new measure. However, on this occasion, the PP has taken into account the demand for national priority established by Vox in the package of aid approved by the Consell de Mallorca, and will also require a minimum number of years of residence for anyone wishing to access direct aid.

The Government has approved this Friday the mobilization of 15.3 million euros for a social package that complements the anti-crisis decree law. The Executive has divided the social shield into two decree laws: the first, which contained the economic measures directed at the sectors most affected by the war in the Middle East, was approved at the end of March with the support of the PSIB and the vote against from Vox. The parties have not yet commented on whether they will support this new measure. However, this time the PP has taken into account the demand for national priority established by Vox in the package of aid approved by the Consell de Mallorca, and will also require a minimum of years of residence for those who wish to access direct aid.

The second vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, appeared this Thursday before the Transparency Commission of the Consell de Mallorca to give explanations on the use he has made of two vehicles of the island institution. But, beyond denying personal use, Bestard has not provided any concrete information. He has explained, however, that his department is scattered throughout the island and that this forces him to travel. "If I go from Manacor to Alcudia and I have to stop to eat in Ses Torres, I will stop. Or in Es Cruce," he said at one point during his speech, during which he did not clarify whether he ordered the vehicles to be left unlabeled, nor the routes, nor the kilometers traveled, nor why two Consell cars have also been seen spending the night in front of his house. On this occasion, Bestard arrived at the Consell in an official car with a chauffeur and demanded that, once the reports commissioned by President Llorenç Galmés are released, the left-wing parties apologize to him. "I want them to apologize to me publicly," he snapped at the PSOE spokesperson, Catalina Cladera.

Esteve Sureda, spokesperson for Vox in Manacor, leaves no one indifferent. Not even those in his own party. If two months ago the president of the Balearic Parliament, Gabriel LeSenne, chose Sureda as a guide to speak out against people and groups trying to make a living with businesses like barbershops and stores on certain city avenues, now it has been the spokesperson for the far-right party also in Parliament, Manuel Cañadas, who has traveled to Portocristo to speak face-to-face with Sureda.

Pedro Bestard ordered that one of the new vehicles acquired by the Department of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca be reserved for him and that it not be labeled as an official car of the institution. "This car, reserve it for me," sources familiar with the matter confirm that Bestard said, who would be responsible for not labeling it.

New offensive by PP and Vox against the extraordinary regularization of immigrants. The two parties voted this Tuesday in favor of a Non-Law Proposal (PNL) rejecting this measure promoted by the government of Spain, which could affect some 30,000 residents in the Islands. The text also demands the "repatriation of all migrants who illegally access" Spain, and also that of unaccompanied minors, in addition to the "deportation of any legal or illegal immigrant who commits serious crimes or makes minor offenses their way of life".