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    <title><![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - MORE for Palma]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["The PP is killing Palma"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-pp-is-killing-palma_128_5764863.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/348b2cf8-9123-4c9f-9a6b-3c1d5c07ca96_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>It is the first time that an independent leads a list since MÉS per Mallorca was founded. David Pujol (Palma, 1980) will lead the MÉS per Palma candidacy in the municipal elections of 2027, with Xisca Mir as number two. He says these are tumultuous times and that precisely for this reason he is taking this step, in search of a broad left-wing front. However, he is also aware that he is racing against time and that the far-right wave is difficult to stop.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Llull]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:01:15 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The head of the list of MÉS per Palma in the municipal elections of 2027, David Pujol.]]></media:title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unity and courage. For a left-wing front in Palma]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Often taking a step is not a simple task. However, doing so is necessary if we want to move forward collectively. Today, in Palma, in the Balearic Islands, and throughout the Catalan Countries and the state, we are living through difficult times. The threat of the far-right and an increasingly right-wing PP is absolute. That is why it is a moment for unity and courage, the terms that my tandem partner Xisca Mir and I have wanted to adopt as a slogan for the MÉS per Palma primaries. Unity and courage to win.We need the sovereignist left, represented by MÉS per Palma – the result of decades of work by different and valuable councilors: from Sebastià Serra, Nanda Ramon, Joan Perelló, Lila Thomàs, Tomeu Carrió, Maria Costa and Jordi López to Antoni Noguera, Marisol Fernández, Antoni Verger and Neus Truyol – to articulate an anti-fascist front that brings together all the Palma citizens who do not want our lives to be in the hands of characters like Fulgencio Coll and Jaime Martínez. I feel like an heir to the left-wing and green Mallorcanism people I have mentioned, yes, but also to wonderful anti-capitalist councilors who were part of Som Palma and Podem, such as Aligi Molina and Aurora Jhardi. I am presenting myself to lead a broad and generous candidacy where, precisely, Esquerra Unida, Sumar, Podem, the Socialist Movement and the Independent Left are also present in the form they deem appropriate. Because they are, fundamentally, our comrades. I want this list to be a starting point, a catalyst, embracing independent citizens who fight for housing, for the defense of small businesses, for the neighborhood movement – which I know well in the Santa Pagesa neighborhood –, for feminism, for the Catalan language movement, for culture, for unionism, and against social exclusion. There is room for everyone.Only with a brave, plural and united tool that generates enthusiasm can we focus the debate. And the debate is very clear: we must tackle people's real problems and their material solutions. If what affects us has collective causes, the response must undoubtedly be collective and in no case individual. The people of Palma do not make ends meet, they have nowhere to live, they suffer from precarious jobs, they see how the city and its corners no longer belong to them and they live with pain the linguistic, cultural, heritage and commercial depersonalization of the capital of Mallorca. We must fight with conviction the terrible effects that unbridled tourism and the business of a few friends of the right leave in our lives. The current critical situation of the city and the times we live in demand forcefulness and radicality in the etymological sense of the term that I know as a Latin professor. People need proposals and a hard, cheerful and uninhibited political action. To break free from the frameworks that the extreme right wants to impose on us: those who harm the people of Palma are not someone with an Arab, Asian or sub-Saharan name, poor and with dark skin, but vulture funds, international extractive capitalism and the worst rent-seeking tied to the PP and Vox, who have no empathy or sensitivity for families, youth and workers.There is hope. I see municipalist role models across Europe, in the south and the north, that inspire me: Die Linke, in German cities; Adelante Andalucía; La France Insoumise; Plaid Cymru, in Wales; Sinn Féin, in Ireland; and the Green Party, in England. Brave left-wing movements, rooted in the territory and that face 21st-century urban problems head-on. The historical moment demands courage and decisiveness from us.I am 45 years old. I have been active in social movements my whole life. I know the street. I know Palma and our neighborhoods. I will lead the MÉS per Palma candidacy, aware that it will be the first time an independent person does so in the long history of the parties that form this space. Someone who is not an organic part of MÉS nor of the traditions that compose it (PSM, Iniciativa Verds, and ERC). It is an opportunity to grow, to face the new times ahead with freshness, and to do so, in the words of Manuel Monereo, by confronting the great issue that will shape the urban future of our days: “What is at stake is the soul of the working class.” And if one thing is clear to me, it is that in May 2027, the soul of the popular classes of the city that saw the biographies of the neighborhood activist Rosa Bueno and the poet Josep Maria Llompart develop cannot, in any way, be conquered by the obscurantism of PP and Vox.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Pujol]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:51:03 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Accuse Court of "applying the gag" to neighbors after withdrawal of a campaign against noise]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/accuse-court-of-applying-the-gag-to-neighbors-after-withdrawal-of-anti-noise-campaign_1_5759205.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e8ea68ec-4afe-4185-9588-c2054b598812_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÉS per Palma has accused the City Council of "imposing a gag" on residents after the removal of a campaign against noise that several associations had placed in some neighborhoods of the city.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:11:43 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Neus Truyol.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[MORE for Palma denounces that the Firefighters have removed posters that several neighborhood associations had placed to denounce incivility]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[MÉS per Palma proclaims David Pujol candidate for mayor for the 2027 municipal elections]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/mes-palma-proclaims-david-pujol-candidate-for-mayor-for-the-2027-municipal-elections_1_5756200.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/fd30d5ff-f21a-4cf5-87f3-0101a404fa3d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The MÉS per Palma Primary Commission proclaimed this Tuesday the candidacy led by David Pujol and Xisca Mir to head the party's list in the 2027 Palma municipal elections. The primary process concluded on Monday, when the deadline for submitting candidacies ended, and Pujol and Mir's was the only one registered.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:15:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[David Pujol and Xisca Mir this Tuesday in Palma.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Lluís Apesteguia and Miquel Oliver will head the lists to Parliament and the Council]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[David Pujol presents himself to lead MÉS per Palma in 2027: "Militancy needs to be reactivated"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/david-pujol-presents-himself-to-lead-mes-palma-in-2027-we-need-to-reactivate-militancy_1_5743427.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/bbd8927d-4de6-45cd-9612-60a6da803895_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Catalan teacher David Pujol and the party coordinator in Palma, Xisca Mir, have taken a step forward this Wednesday and have put themselves forward to lead the MÉS per Palma candidacy. At the doors of Cort, they announced that they will run as number one and two respectively in the party's primaries with a view to the upcoming municipal elections. "It is necessary to open a new stage that reactivates militancy," argued Pujol.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Mascaró]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 20 May 2026 17:13:14 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Xisca Mir and David Pujol this afternoon in Palma]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Activists put themselves forward to build "a new stage that reactivates militancy"]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[They request an audit of the Palma 2031 bid after its "failure"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/they-request-an-audit-of-the-palma-2031-candidacy-after-its-failure_1_5740658.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/883de0fb-8651-42d0-92a0-01bc93d119f6_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The PSOE of Palma will ask in the May plenary session for the censure of the Councilor of Culture for his management of Palma's candidacy as European Capital of Culture in 2031. Furthermore, the socialists will ask for the resignation of Gori Vicens Heredeia, the general director of Cultural Projects, and that all expenses related to the Palma 2031 candidacy be audited and made public in detail. For the deputy spokesperson of the socialists in Cort, Silvana González, “the failure of the Palma 2031 candidacy is the failure of a method and an electoral promise of the Popular Party government”.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 May 2026 09:56:58 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, and the deputy mayor, Javier Bonet, during the presentation of Palma as a candidate for European Capital of Culture in 2031.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The PSOE Palma calls for the censure of the Culture councilor. MÉS per Palma demands a reduction in bar terraces in overcrowded neighborhoods]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["Endangers the right to water": MÉS per Palma presents allegations to Cort's Sustainable Management Plan]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/endangers-the-right-to-water-mes-palma-presents-allegations-to-cort-s-sustainable-management-plan_1_5726645.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/b0588028-d254-4446-96c3-b67af9d68304_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÉS per Palma has filed objections to the municipal plan for sustainable water management promoted by the PP government (with the support of VOX) because it considers it a document that jeopardizes citizens' right to access water. The City Council presented this plan in February of this year to address short- and long-term supply in a scenario where the viability of supplying the 46,000 new homes planned for the city in the next decade is questioned.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 May 2026 10:11:22 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The Cort plan highlights that this facility will allow a reduction in dependence on external desalinated water supplies.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The eco-sovereigntist training points out that the plan prioritizes mass tourism and endangers citizen access]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[MORE for Palma denounces that Jaime Martínez "takes Palma back in LGTBI+ rights" with the cancellation of Pride]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/more-for-palma-denounces-that-jaime-martinez-takes-palma-back-in-lgtbi-rights-with-the-cancellation-of-pride_1_5724375.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/fc396e74-757f-448a-bb4f-719717e245c0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÉS per Palma has denounced this Friday the serious degradation of diversity and equality public policies promoted by the PP municipal government after the association Ben Amics announced the cancellation of the LGTBI+ Pride party in Palma due to the City Council's lack of planning and coordination. The party considers this situation to be the direct consequence of "the political apathy of Mayor Jaime Martínez and the systematic dismantling" of LGTBI+ policies promoted by the PP since the beginning of the legislature.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 May 2026 10:03:42 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The eco-sovereignist training accuses the municipal government of abandoning diversity policies and of acting subjected to the postulates of the extreme right]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The groups explode against the limitation of the correfocs: "It is an attack on culture"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-groups-explode-against-the-limitation-of-the-correfocs-it-is-an-attack-culture_1_5723082.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/559e6c23-3a81-4e1e-9d0d-9110f41276ec_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Indignation and bewilderment among the devil groups of Palma after <a href="https://www.arabalears.cat/etiquetes/ajuntament-de-palma/" target="_blank">the City Council </a>has limited to 11 the number of annual correfocs in the neighborhoods of the entire City. The measure, recently approved, represents a radical change from the previous situation, in which there was no limit and activities were managed according to the demand and organizational capacity of the neighborhoods and the groups. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:22:14 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Fire run in Sant Sebastià.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[MÉS per Palma denounces a model based on "improvisation, lack of resources, and disregard" for neighborhood associations. The associations criticize that the new regulations reduce activity and add more bureaucracy]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[They denounce the blocking of more than 4,000 places in summer sports campuses and accuse Cort of "lack of control"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/they-report-the-blocking-of-more-than-4-000-places-in-summer-sports-campuses-and-accuse-cort-of-lack-of-control_1_5718650.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/2597270a-1776-4135-ab59-628e78c80a94_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MORE for Palma has denounced that more than 4,000 places in the city's summer sports camps are "blocked", a situation that, according to the sovereignist party, has left hundreds of families "abandoned to their fate" in the midst of family reconciliation planning. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:48:14 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Football field of the UIB sports campus]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[MORE for Palma demands an urgent shock plan and a stable calendar while accusing the PP of mismanagement and lack of foresight in childcare services]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[MORE for Palma, facing the risk of cancellation of Pride 2026: "It's pure political inaction"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/mes-palma-facing-the-risk-of-cancellation-of-pride-2026-it-is-pure-political-inaction_1_5711123.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/55d9f16d-6b54-49d1-ac90-7788cedf103f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÁS por Palma has shown its deep concern about the possibility that Palma will be left without the celebration of Pride 2026, as denounced by Ben Amics this Friday, and has demanded accountability from the mayor of Palma. The party has expressed its support for Ben Amics in light of the possibility that Pride 2026 cannot be celebrated in Palma due to the Palma City Council's lack of response to the requests processed by the entity.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:17:18 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The demonstration walks the streets of Palma.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Ben Amic registered in January all the necessary documentation for the organization of the June 28th events and, despite reiterating the request on several occasions, has not received any institutional response]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[They denounce that Cort tries to obstruct the regularization of migrants]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/denounce-political-instructions-not-to-reinforce-the-oac-in-the-face-of-migrant-regularization_1_5709309.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/d85ef751-b385-4ac2-b8af-97a6f54377df_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>A group of workers from the Department of Social Welfare of the Palma City Council has denounced the "serious overload" suffered by the Citizen Atención Office (OAC), after having received "political instructions not to reinforce the service" in the face of the extraordinary regularization.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:16:20 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[OAC Facade of the City Hall]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[MÉS per Palma denounces the "conscious boycott" and criticizes the City Council's institutional racism]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["For three years I've been trying to register my daughter": the battle of families in caravans for basic rights in Palma]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/without-pattern-and-without-rights-the-hidden-drama-of-caravanners-in-palma_1_5700756.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/172bcc81-46fe-4dbb-82a2-3358f8c9c97a_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1057349.jpg" /></p><p>One night like any other, Ariadna tucks her daughter into bed inside her home, a caravan. Every evening she faces the same uncertainty: how long can she live like this; when will the Administration recognize her right to officially exist where she lives? The girl is six years old and has been trying to register her address at her home for three years. Without success.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:43:16 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Living in a motorhome, runs into a bureaucratic wall.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Palma City Council denies registration to residents in vehicles, and with it, access to essential services such as education, healthcare, and social assistance.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[MÁS raises the cost of Palma's failed bid for European Capital of Culture to almost 100,000 euros]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/palma-denounces-that-the-cost-of-the-failed-bid-to-become-european-capital-of-culture-would-exceed-80-000-euros_1_5687289.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/211f64c0-eec2-4be7-b3c3-a8b27441dfd0_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÁS per Palma accuses the City Council of a lack of transparency regarding the cost of Palma's failed bid to become European Capital of Culture 2031, asserting that expenses have already reached €98,000, exceeding the €80,000 announced by the Councilor for Culture, Javier Bonet. According to MÉS per Palma councilor Miquel Àngel Contreras, the party will submit a formal request for information to obtain a detailed breakdown of the project's associated costs. "There are public contracts, salaries, and other expenses that have not been included," he warned. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:10:47 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Gori Vicens, Javier Bonet, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, Antoni Riera, Pilar Ribal and Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta at the presentation of the new office.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The party claims that confirmed expenses already exceed 98,000 euros, above the 80,000 announced by the Councillor for Culture]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA["The mayor of Palma will have to answer for any disasters that may occur after building in flood-prone areas."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/misc/the-mayor-of-palma-will-have-to-answer-for-any-disasters-that-may-occur-after-building-in-flood-prone-areas_1_5676138.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/7ccf2d95-1b96-4c13-9c85-c26ce2b3f606_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>"The mayor of Palma will have to answer for any disasters that may follow." <a href="https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-backlog-of-projects-in-palma-s-water-resources-department-is-for-villas-in-flood-prone-areas_130_5672175.html" target="_blank">building in flood-prone areas"</a>With this warning, Neus Truyol, spokesperson for MÉS per Palma in the Palma City Council, criticized the City Council's strategy on Thursday.<a href="https://en.arabalears.cat/society/martinez-wins-the-blow-against-water-resources-unfiltered-licenses-even-in-flood-zones_1_5667231.html" target="_blank">eliminate prior authorization</a> from the General Directorate of Water Resources of the Government to expedite the granting of building permits.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:15:54 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The spokesperson for Més por Palma, Neus Truyol.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[MÁS por Palma will bring a motion to the plenary session against the elimination of the prior authorization of Water Resources, while Cort argues that the measure will allow pending urban planning files to be unblocked.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xisca Mir will lead the new MÉS coordinator for Palma with the aim of governing the city again.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/xisca-mir-will-lead-the-new-mes-coordinator-for-palma-with-the-aim-of-governing-the-city-again_1_5669614.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6413412a-b7ba-4e93-b889-c14379ec792f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Geographer and social and cultural activist Xisca Mir Socías will head the new MÉS per Palma coordinating committee with the goal of regaining control of the Palma City Council. The party announced the change in leadership at its highest body at what it describes as a "critical" time for the city. According to a party statement, the new leadership is committed to building a governing alternative "from a left-wing, feminist, and environmentalist perspective" in response to the policies they claim are being promoted by the PP and Vox parties in Palma. The eco-sovereignists accuse these parties of implementing measures that "drive residents out of their neighborhoods," particularly due to rising housing prices and the transformation of the city into "a commodity for speculation." Mir argued that this new phase for the party must serve to "reclaim the city for its people." "Palma cannot continue to be a business for a few while the majority are evicted from their homes," she asserted.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:13:55 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The new coordinator of MÁS for Palma]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The new leadership is committed to building an alternative government in Palma and accuses the PP and Vox of encouraging speculation and the displacement of residents due to housing prices.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[MÁS por Palma begins the process to recover "a city hijacked by the PP" with its congress]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/politics/palma-begins-the-process-to-recover-city-hijacked-by-the-pp-with-its-congress_1_5656695.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/aa9b5bd2-bec9-4c2d-b097-f43f7a08a613_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÁS per Palma has begun its congress with the approval of its 2026-2028 Political and Strategic Plan, a document that sets the party's course to make Palma a city designed "for its residents and not for the economic interests of a privileged minority." The party denounces that the PP government, with the support of Vox, has turned Palma into "a space at the service of speculation, overcrowding, and powerful lobbies." MÁS per Palma spokesperson Neus Truyol stated that "Palma cannot continue to be held hostage by the interests of a few. Either its people govern the city, or speculators do. And we have chosen which side we are on." Truyol directly points to the PP and Vox as responsible for a model that deepens "inequalities and erodes social, environmental, and cultural rights." She accuses the municipal government of acting "subordinately to tourism and real estate interests, and of refusing to provide bold solutions to the real problems of the citizens." "The PP has given up on governing for the majority. It has chosen to govern for the lobbies. We will govern for the people who get up early, who work, and who want to live with dignity in their city," said the eco-sovereignist spokesperson.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:13:28 +0000]]></pubDate>
      <media:content url="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/aa9b5bd2-bec9-4c2d-b097-f43f7a08a613_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" type="image/jpeg"/>
      <media:title><![CDATA[MÁS por Palma has begun its congress with the approval of its Political and Strategic Report.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The approved political document sets the roadmap to "put an end to a model that serves only a few," says Neus Truyol.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[MÁS por Palma proposes limiting home purchases and raising taxes on speculative sales]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/palma-proposes-limiting-home-purchases-and-raising-taxes-speculative-sales_1_5643046.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/2c069ea9-d146-48b2-b6ee-ae56dd906563_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>MÁS per Palma has presented two proposals to "stop real estate speculators" and to only allow the purchase of homes for residential use or social rental in the city, along with a tax increase for those who make "speculative sales." The pro-independence party has criticized the PP and PSOE for being "incapable" of implementing "any truly effective measures to curb speculation in this area" and warns that the problem "is not caused by technical reasons but by a lack of political will," as MÁS explained in a statement. "The data is outrageous, and the Administration has legal tools to provide solutions. What is lacking is political courage," stated the spokesperson for MÉS per Palma, Neus Truyol. In this regard, she pointed out that Palma should not be a place where "a few profit, nor a dead end for the majority," and therefore asserted that "homes are for living in, not for speculation."</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[ARA Balears]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:45:32 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The Sumar deputy, Vicenç Vidal, and the councilor for MÁS per Palma, Neus Truyol]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The party has criticized the PP and PSOE for being "incapable" of implementing any truly effective measures to curb speculation.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The ban on tourist rentals in Palma draws criticism: only 2% of the places disappear]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-ban-tourist-rentals-in-palma-draws-criticism-only-2-of-the-places-disappear_1_5637510.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/ea87b362-ce04-4a39-99d7-6729b9dcb4e1_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The ban on new tourist rental places in <a href="https://www.arabalears.cat/etiquetes/palma/" target="_blank">Palm </a>It's now a reality, but it hasn't garnered unanimous praise. The measure, approved by all municipal groups except Vox, has provoked a barrage of criticism from the opposition, who consider it belated, timid, and rather unambitious. Essentially, the specific amendment to the 2023 General Plan sets a ceiling of 4,473 Tourist Accommodation Units (ETH) and prevents this number from increasing, with the intention of gradually reducing it as units become permanently vacated. The reality, according to opposition sources, is that the measure only affects 2% of the units.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Héctor Rubio]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:03:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Tourists in Palma.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The PSOE and MÁS per Palma criticize the ban on new tourist accommodation, saying it comes too late, fails to combat illegal rentals, and only affects a small portion of the city's tourist rentals.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vox and PP break the political consensus and put the Palma City Council's Gold Medals at risk]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/vox-and-pp-break-the-political-consensus-and-put-the-palma-city-council-s-gold-medals-at-risk_1_5589657.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/ac93948c-8e91-46d3-b7be-ccc8a10688dd_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The presentation of the Gold Medals, which the Palma City Council holds every December 31st, is at risk after Vox and the PP broke the political consensus. The far-right party submitted a motion to the plenary session to award a medal to the Palma 47 Infantry Regiment, which received the PP's support. Thus, for the first time, a recipient has been announced without prior agreement among all parties to ensure the award ceremony proceeds.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Llull]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:52:29 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Map of Palma City Hall.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The far right and the People's Party will approve in the next plenary session awarding this distinction to the Palma 47 Infantry Regiment, against the wishes of the left.]]></subtitle>
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