"Stop making a fool of yourself and deceiving. You, ideology and zero management": this is the accusation that the Minister of the Presidency, Antònia Maria Estarellas, launched at the PSIB deputy Omar Lamin during Tuesday's Parliament session. What kind of accusation is it to tell a politician they have ideology, when it is precisely the ideology of public representatives that determines a good part of citizens' lives? At this point, it is worth remembering what Slavoj Žižek says, who considers that the most dangerous ideology is precisely the one we pretend not to have. It is not an theoretical extravagance. Jürgen Habermas also warned that technical rationality —what we would call 'management' today— can impose values while presenting itself as neutral. And Thomas Piketty has been reminding us for years that behind many technical decisions lie very specific ideological choices about inequality. From this, an uncomfortable conclusion emerges: 'management' is often not the alternative to ideology, but its best disguise.

Left-wing MPs have found a way to undermine the ministers during government oversight sessions: they ask the questions they are obliged to answer (although they often do not) in a broad and expressly ambiguous way, to catch them off guard. "Can there be equality without equity?" was a question from the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) registered in the plenary session this Tuesday. "Is the cost of living bearable in our city?" asked MÁS (More for Change).

Parliament will call for the creation of a special committee on the Balearic Islands' airports to oversee airport co-management. Más per Mallorca and Más per Menorca have presented an initiative to this effect, which also has the support of the People's Party (PP). Therefore, it is expected to pass.

The PP and Vox parties have criticized the MÉS per Mallorca bill to prohibit non-residents and companies from buying homes. The right wing has rejected the initiative of the eco-sovereignists (supported by the PSIB, Més per Menorca, and Unides Podem), accusing them of trying to "deceive" voters with an unworkable proposal. The spokesperson for MÉS per Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, defended the bill, citing jurisprudence from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and a response the European Commission sent to the PP in 2023, in which it admitted that imposing restrictions would be unworkable. This limitation was possible.

Más por Menorca made its final attempt this Thursday to legally halt construction of the half-built viaduct in front of the Rafal Rubí archaeological site. The Popular Party government on the Island Council insists on pushing the project through despite warnings from UNESCO. Councilors Noemí García and Esteve Barceló from Más por Menorca have submitted a request for a legal report on the legality of the two-level roundabout project that threatens the prehistoric navetas (pyramids) of Rafal Rubí. The request is justified by the detection of "regulatory non-compliance" regarding the heritage and landscape impact assessment, which also fails to meet the commitments stemming from the declaration of Talayotic Menorca as a World Heritage Site. The construction company has already signed the contract

The initiative by Més per Menorca comes just as the winning consortium, formed by Copcisa, Juan Mora, and M. Polo, is about to begin construction between kilometer markers 5.7 and 7.7 of the main road between Alaior and Maó. In fact, the contract, formalized on January 23, commits them to carry out the project over eleven months with a budget of €6,576,525.64. However, Más doubts that the heritage impact assessment included in the file meets the standards required by regulations and the technical criteria established by UNESCO and ICOMOS for properties declared World Heritage Sites. He also notes the absence of the mandatory and binding report on landscape impact and integration, which would violate the provisions of the Menorca Island Territorial Plan (PTI).

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A heated exchange erupted between the PP and the PSIB over the funding system. Both parties accused each other on Tuesday in Parliament of acting in accordance with the interests of their parties in Madrid and against the interests of the Balearic Islands, one of the territories most mistreated by the current system. "Their level of subservience to Pedro Sánchez is tremendous," declared the First Vice President and Minister of Economy, Antoni Costa, of the PSIB. "We have an opportunity," retorted the Socialist Yago Negueruela: "Would you vote against Alberto Núñez Feijóo?"

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The spokesperson for Més per Menorca, Josep Castells, submitted a letter this Thursday to the Speaker of the Balearic Parliament demanding that the procedural deadlines be respected. The Menorcan politician had already denounced last Wednesday a "conspiracy by the PP and the PSIB to favor particular interests" and to vote in favor (along with Vox) of accelerating the processing of the law to create a new private university in MallorcaThis haste, the document states, has also been evident in the Parliament's governing body, which has shortened the deadlines for bringing the legislation to a plenary session. While the process normally takes fifteen days, it has been reduced to eight.

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The PSIB has accused him of "lack of credibility"; MÁS por Mallorca of having an "epiphany"; and Más por Menorca of being a "propagandist." These are the left-wing bank's initial reactions to President Marga Prohens's speech during the first session of the general policy debate on Tuesday.

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President Marga Prohens consolidated her toughened anti-immigration rhetoric in her second general policy debate. In the first session of the debate, this Tuesday, the Prime Minister once again sought to compete with Vox on the right and reinforced her criticism of newcomers, especially those arriving illegally. In this regard, she announced that she will raise the minimum residence time on the islands to three years to access various benefits. "We cannot contribute in any way to a pull effect on a migratory route that is growing exponentially," she said.

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Prime Minister Marga Prohens arrives at the general policy debate (which will take place on October 7 and 8) after a resounding parliamentary defeat that symbolizes yet another break with Vox. Furthermore, the left will not hesitate to delve into the unfulfilled promises she made last year, when she guaranteed measures against overcrowding in tourism that involved, among other things, an increase in the Sustainable Tourism Tax (ITS). Her insufficient majority in Parliament has prevented her from implementing the tax change. She also threatens to make new budgets unviable. The debate, which will last two days, will serve to examine the state of affairs. Does the Prime Minister have the room to maneuver to continue passing laws for the remainder of her term?

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The proposal by MÉS por Mallorca and Més por Menorca to transfer airport management powers to the Balearic Government has begun its parliamentary process thanks to the support of the People's Party (PP). The eco-sovereignty movement has presented the initiative as a bill with the hope that, if approved, it will be submitted to the Congress of Deputies, which would have the final say on the matter. However, the groups are not optimistic that the transfer will ultimately be accepted.

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Faced with the "complete disconnect" between airport policy, which in recent years has done nothing but expand flights and facilitate the entry of tourists to the islands, and policies to contain (the term the PP uses to avoid talking about degrowth) overcrowding in the territory, MÁS por Mallorca and Más por Menorca have gotten to work. The eco-sovereignty movement will defend a bill this Tuesday in plenary session to demand that airport authority be transferred to the government. This is a way to limit Aena, the commercial company that manages them, after receiving 15.9 million visitors to 18.7 million between 2014 and 2024, according to data from the INE (National Institute of Statistics and Census). The law has the approval of the PP, at least to allow its processing, while the PSIB (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) is hesitant.

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The left-wing bloc accused President Marga Prohens this Wednesday of breaking her word by promising to support Vox and, together, repeal the Law of Democratic Memory. The most forceful, however, was the Més MP for Menorca, Josep Castells, who asserted that the president has "proven that she is a liar" and has decided to abandon her in the round of consultations with the parties scheduled for next Monday.

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The government has managed to push through the 2025 budget thanks to Vox and amid strong criticism from the left, which has opposed en masse what it has described as a "pact of shame." In the latest round of interventions, PSIB MP Mercedes Garrido described the budget as "lethal" for the people, the territory, the memory, and the dignity of the Balearic Islands due to the accompanying measures regarding language, democratic memory, immigration, and urban planning.

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The Catalan government approved the 2025 budget this Tuesday, supported by Vox, the second of the legislature. Despite arriving six months late, the PP did not want to waste the opportunity offered by the fact that Santiago Abascal's party, on this occasion, was willing to support it. Both parties negotiated with the suspicion that these could be the last budgets they will pass this term, which will enter the pre-election campaign phase starting in September. For this reason, the far right has demanded significant concessions from the PP on language and immigration. "They have been bled dry," summarizes a Socialist source. However, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Antoni Costa, will sign the order to prepare the 2026 budget next week, as reported by informed sources. Prohens is aware that, with the comings and goings of his partners, you never know and does not want to give up trying again.

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In the final stretch of the parliamentary term, the People's Party (PP) and Vox have pushed through the Land Acquisition Law, which will allow for the construction of thousands of homes on developable land and the rezoning of rural land. It also paves the way for a planning amnesty in protected areas of the Serra de Tramuntana. The law was passed despite complaints from the left, which accused the sponsoring groups of violating parliamentary rules. The reason is that a new article was added at the time of the vote, when the text that usually reaches the plenary session is the opinion issued by the parliamentary committee. The left-wing groups have announced that they will take the law to the Constitutional Court (CC).

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The Més per Menorca assembly has endorsed, with 83% of votes in favor, the party's executive committee's proposal for Sumar MÁS deputy Vicenç Vidal to leave the Sumar Plurinational Group in Congress and join the mixed group.

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