The Council of Mallorca does not intend to back down and will maintain the new waste fee and the extraordinary payment of 41.4 million euros to Tirme despite the new questions raised by the opposition. The plenary session of the Council of Mallorca rejected this Thursday, with the votes of the PP and Vox, the motion with which the PSIB-PSOE demanded the withdrawal of the two files until the doubts raised by the control bodies regarding the concessionaire's accounts were clarified.

The opposition parties in the Council of Mallorca, the PSIB-PSOE and MÉS per Mallorca, harshly criticize the project for phase I of the second ring road made public this Wednesday. The Council of Mallorca announced in 2024 an initial project for phase I of the second ring road in Palma valued at 110 million euros. The president of the island institution, Llorenç Galmés, appeared this Wednesday accompanied by the president of the Government and the mayor of Palma to present the definitive project, which has been budgeted at 350 million euros.

Amanda Fernández, a teacher by profession, a member of Parliament and Secretary General of the Socialist Federation of Mallorca, now faces the challenge of contesting the presidency of the Council. She began as a councilwoman in Manacor and was a director general during the governments of Francina Armengol. Now, she defends a project based on setting limits on growth, reducing tourist spots and strengthening the role of the island institution.What do you want to change about Mallorca that justifies you wanting to preside over the Council?

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.

Vox is currently the PP's concern regarding the potential rezoning of rural land for housing development in Palma. A series of factors have sparked tension for weeks, primarily due to the clear and opposing stance of the far-right party's spokesperson in Palma, Fulgencio Coll, who firmly stated that rural land cannot be developed unless all developable and urban land has been consumed. Vox Palma issued a specific press release in which it stated that it was considering "voting against any construction project on rural land unless all consolidated urban land has been exhausted."

The tsunami of the Cerdán case has put the PSOE on the ropes to the point that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been forced to make leadership changes. In this context, the Speaker of Congress and absolute leader of the PSIB, Francina Armengol, has also been affected. Although she is not under investigation, she was singled out by the brokerage firm in the Koldo case, Víctor de Aldama. Although sources within her team emphasize that there is nothing firm against her and denounce a smear campaign by the PP, socialist voices admit that the situation has affected and "will affect" the PSIB, a federation absolutely dependent on Armengol. The government of Marga Prohens has not hesitated to dig into the wound and, in the latest control sessions in Parliament, has used the case to defuse the PSIB's parliamentary opposition.

The Balearic Islands Public Radio and Television (IB3) denounced the PSOE's veto of its correspondent in Madrid for covering the party's federal committee and warned that it will not accept "political interference." In a statement, the public broadcaster stated that "despite having processed the accreditation within the deadline and in a timely manner, the political party has denied access and the right to report to the IB3 team."