We already know what these people want, as we know from Maria del Mar Bonet's great song denouncing fascism, which in these times resonates in our heads too often. Now they want the photograph of a young woman with a hijab to weigh more than an academic record, for prejudice to prevail over merit, and to turn a university graduation into an identity battleground, because that is where they feel most comfortable, stirring up fears even if they are the most unfounded.

The Vox deputy in Congress Jorge Campos has generated a strong controversy after publishing a message on social networks questioning that a student with a hijab was one of those in charge of speaking during the graduation ceremony of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).

The vice-president of the Consell de Mallorca Pedro Bestard (Vox) used three cars for his exclusive use throughout his term, lied about their signage, and refueled on days when he had no agenda, according to technicians' reports. according to technicians' reports. But the president of the Consell, Llorenç Galmés, will keep him in office. "I do not share Mr. Bestard's conduct, but a report prepared by the general secretary and the general auditor concludes that there has been no irregularity," he assured in an extraordinary plenary session this Thursday.

Pedro Bestard defended himself this Thursday against criticism from the PSIB for the transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca, assuring on repeated occasions that "it is waste, not excrement" and insisting that the pilot test will have no impact on Mallorca. The second vice-president and Minister of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca had a tense confrontation with the socialist deputy Juana María Adrover during the plenary session of the insular institution.

The transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca begins next July 16. As reported by the second vice-president and Minister of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, the first shipment will consist of seven trucks with 24 tons of waste each. In this way, a total of approximately 3,000 tons will be transferred each month.

The Balearic PP is indifferent to the suspension of the repeal of the Law of Democratic Memory by the Constitutional Court (TC). Sources from the parliamentary group have recalled that the PP voted in favor of the repeal to please Vox in exchange for its support for the 2025 budgets. "We always stated the same, that for us the repeal was not a priority and that it was also covered by state law," assures the party: "The PP fulfilled its agreements, and from here on out, no problem that the repeal has been suspended until the TC definitively rules on it".

The Omnibus Law also lowers the requirements for building facilities in rural land. The norm, which modifies more than 50 laws, mainly environmental and territorial management, excludes complementary activities of the primary sector for the transformation and direct sale of products from the same agricultural holdings from the simplified environmental assessment procedure.

It has been circulating for years. And there are already many rulings, appeals, statements of facts, reports, and a large amount of official documentation. And it is not the first time we have encountered a complicated case because a public official clearly abuses their position.

The PP and Sumar-MÉS joined votes this Wednesday in the Congress's Territorial Policy Commission to request the expansion of the Special Regime for the Balearic Islands (REIB). In a text that has been validated in the Lower House, they have agreed to demand from Pedro Sánchez's government "the reform and updating of the REIB", as well as a review of the mechanisms that determine the insularity factor and the State's investments in the Balearic Islands, so that the floating population (tourists and seasonal workers) and the effective demographic pressure are taken into account. In the same vein, they demand to incorporate into the REIB specific instruments to boost economic diversification and ecological transition, as well as to guarantee the subsidy for public transport such as trains and buses in the Islands.

The statement by former Spanish president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero at the Audiencia Nacional has shaken the control session at the Congress of Deputies and the debate on an early election is once again hovering over Moncloa. After the Congress's Bureau rejected two texts from Junts and the PP requesting elections and the PP brought a similar non-legislative initiative to Parliament, the deputy spokesperson for the PSIB, Marc Pons, invited the PP to "present a motion of censure" if it is so clear that it is necessary to call elections. "These are the mechanisms that democracy has," he continued. Thus, he admitted that, if the situation were the reverse and the case affected the PP, this is what the socialist party would do, as, in fact, it already did in 2018 after the sentence in the Gürtel case, which affected the PP.

The left wing requested that an extraordinary plenary session be held to carry out the first debate on the limitation of vehicles in Mallorca in Parliament. Thus, the procedures to approve the law were accelerated, based on a text registered by the Council. But the PP and Vox have decided to impose their majority and postpone the debate until September.

Vox once again attacks the unity of language in Parliament. This time it has done so with a question addressed to the Director General of IB3, Josep Codony, registered with the table of the control commission on the Radiotelevision of the Balearic Islands. "When will we be able to see a news report on IB3 in Mallorcan, Ibizan, Menorcan or Formenteran?" is the request that the spokesperson for the far-right, Manuela Cañadas, will make next Thursday in the parliamentary session. A question that has been registered in Spanish (Vox asked Parliament to stop translating its parliamentary initiatives) and which, predictably, the deputy will also formulate in this language, the language she usually uses.

The parliamentary session period closes after some tactical moves. The PP has maneuvered to stage a distancing from Vox. With the approval of the Omnibus Law, the popular party considers the debts of the budget pact settled and believes they no longer have to pay further tolls on sensitive issues, such as language. This was made clear with a decision that is a message in itself: approving the limitation of vehicles in Mallorca with the left-wing party in the Council without waiting for Vox, to send the text to Parliament the very next day. The decision caught the far-right off guard, and they ended up abstaining, seeing that otherwise, they would be alone in voting against it. The Government has warned that it will do the same with the agricultural law, the coastal law, and the budgets. But Vox is not losing its composure and interprets the PP's gestures in an electoral context. "They want to appear as moderate centrists now that the legislature is ending, but it's a lie," criticizes a Vox source.

The Government will approve this month the order for the preparation of the 2027 budgets with the aim of taking the spending ceiling to Parliament next October. This was announced by the first vice-president and Minister of Economy, Antoni Costa, who also issued a warning to Vox. Although the Executive wants to seek the support of Manuela Cañadas's party for the accounts, on this occasion it is not prepared to make concessions that have nothing strictly to do with the numbers.

The Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands has set a date for the preliminary hearing of the oral trial against the President of the Parliament, Gabriel Le Senne. It will take place on October 28. This was reported by the association Memòria de Mallorca, which is part of the private prosecution. The leader of the Chamber faces charges for an alleged hate crime, for having torn up a photograph of Aurora Picornell and les Roges del Molinar during the plenary session of the Parliament.

The Parliament approved this Tuesday to process a Vox bill that calls for the prohibition of the burqa and niqab (full veils) in public spaces. The initial debate on the rule went ahead with the support of the PP. Once the text is definitively approved, it will be sent to the Congress of Deputies, as the Balearic Chamber does not have the powers to regulate an organic law or change state-level regulations.

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.