While the legalization of irregular housing on rural land is moving forward thanks to the Simplification Law, the other amnesty promise made by the People's Party (PP) during the election campaign—constructions on the coast—is in a rut. The text of the future coastal law has not yet reached Parliament, despite being a priority for Prohens, and the government had to find a replacement this summer for the former Director General of Coasts, Carlos Simarro, who has entered Congress as a deputy, replacing Sandra Fernández.

The traditional beach bar, an undisputed symbol of summer and the beaches of the Balearic Islands, has come a long way from its humble origins to become a global phenomenon geared toward tourism, where luxury and exclusivity have won out over functionality and local, proximity commerce. Its history, which began in 19th-century Cuba as a makeshift kiosk where sugarcane plantation workers drank coffee, is today a clear example of how tourism has transformed traditional elements to extract greater economic returns.