Law 4/2025 on urgent actions aimed at obtaining land through strategic residential projects in the Balearic Islands came into force this Thursday. The regulation, which allows for the automatic rezoning of hundreds of hectares of rural land for housing and which increases pressure on developable land, was published in the BOIB (Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands) early this morning.

New estimate of the population increase Palma will experience due to the urbanization of rural land: 142,681 people. The figure was estimated by the MÉS party for Palma based on an analysis of the Land Acquisition Law, which was approved a few weeks ago by the PP and Vox and which the party's spokesperson, Neus Truyol, describes as the "Hong Kongization of Palma."

An apartment building on rural land, without waiting for a municipal permit. That sequence, which seemed impossible, is now impossible thanks to the Land Acquisition Law approved by the PP and Vox this week. The figure of administrative silence, which is used in various procedures such as appeals filed by citizens, will make it possible for an entire development to begin construction after six months without the corresponding City Council having issued a statement.

More than 300 people demonstrated outside the Parliament as part of a mobilization called by the Mallorca Government and the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Palma, among other groups, against the harm they believe results from the land acquisition law in Palma. The protest coincided with the extraordinary plenary session in which the law is to be approved. "Marga Prohens, speculator," "PP and Vox, government of developers," and "She's not a government, she's a developer" were some of the slogans shouted amid whistles and middle fingers in the air, a sign of disagreement with the regulations. Green T-shirts supporting the islands' native language were also worn at the demonstration.