10 months left until the election campaign and less than 11 until the elections. And nothing has changed compared to two years ago, when a depressed and unmotivated left-wing opposition was beginning to be seen, that the Government was toying with Vox and that the PP and the far-right would add up again next time.The most significant fact that confirms everything is as it was is Francina Armengol's renunciation of disputing the presidency with Prohens again. If one only reads the bold print of the deed, or as the island PSOE has sold it, one cannot appreciate in any way the political burden it truly carries. To value it in its just measure, it must be placed in the pertinent context.Armengol received the 2023 defeat as a blow, if not personal, at least against her political pride. And a very deep one. This is explained by what her circle asserted throughout the year before the elections. That what they called 'the Francina effect' existed, the attraction directly attributable to the leader's public personality and her management in the Government, which would produce a sufficient number of votes that would dispel assumptions about a potential right-wing victory, a possibility they disdained, especially because they did not believe Prohens had the capacity to regain enough support for the PP.It was a conception of electoral politics that deliberately abstained from the main characteristic that the behavior of suffrage in the Balearic Islands has had in recent decades: the growing importance of the national key. Despite this phenomenon, easily perceptible in the evolution of the results at the polls since at least 2007, they faced the 2023 elections with that conviction.It is worth saying that it was not only the Armengolian environment that said so. It was a more widespread perception. Even among certain nationalists, it was believed that the president had a personal and political advantage that would help her — and incidentally, the entire left — to be re-elected for the third consecutive time. And this was not only happening in the world of political aristocracy: trade unionists and members of independent civil associations, anti-PP and pro-left, thought much the same.Everything, however, changed when a few weeks before the elections the socialist leadership began to understand – surely because of the internal polls that would reach them from the central office – that the fantasy of the aforementioned effect was fading, if it had ever existed.The electoral night did nothing more than confirm the catastrophe: the left lost the Government and Armengol, the presidency. Suddenly, however, the socialists warned – it was a correct reading, there was no doubt: they were right – that they were not responsible for the disaster, but for the collapse of the far-left. Undeniable: Podemos went from 6 deputies to 1. Neocommunism was sinking and dragging the entire left towards the opposition abyss.The slogan that the local PSOE leadership then imposed was that the defeat was a mere parenthesis and that Prohens, in her incompetence, would not manage and Armengol would return to be president in 2027, even if she had fled to Madrid, taking advantage of the general elections of July 2023.It is believable that he thought so. Or, at least, that he was eager to return and "finish the job".At the end of 2024, at the PSOE federal congress in Seville, Armengol hinted at least to two Majorcan journalists – who later recounted it – that she would indeed be a candidate against Prohens. It is even more forceful than when the regional congress was held in March 2025, the website of the Balearic Socialist Party welcomed the re-election of the undisputed leader with: “Armengol announces the first measure for when she returns to being president in 2027…”.The following months, in fact, throughout that year, things – possibly based on fierce polls for the socialists – changed. When in February 2026 the newspaper Última Hora reported that Armengol would resign due to the evidence that the chances of winning again were nil, it was certainly already decided for several weeks.The same newspaper recently published the poll – conducted by the always reliable Balearic Institute of Social Studies – of voting intention which made clear the reason for the resignation: the PSOE is already losing 3.7 percentage points compared to the 2023 result and, worse, loses 4 seats, while the far-left disappears. The nationalists only add one more deputy, in Menorca, and the regionalists get none; the PP is close to an absolute majority and if it doesn't have it – which is more likely – it will be able to make a deal again with Vox, which will at least increase by one seat.This is the reason that explains why Armengol wants to stay in Madrid and confirms what was beginning to be seen two years ago and that the PSOE has now implicitly confessed: that the left has nothing to do.

The Association of Venezuelans in the Balearic Islands (Venbalears) has launched a fundraising campaign to support those affected by the earthquakes that shook northern Venezuela this Thursday and which, according to the latest official balance, have caused at least 164 deaths and more than a thousand injured.

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) campaign for Easter Week, under the slogan 'You look at your phone so you don't miss anything and end up missing everything', has generated controversy among active mobility groups. The association Vianants Mallorca has joined the petition of the Iberian Coordinator of Pedestrian Associations, which demands the immediate withdrawal or rectification of the promotional video, which depicts a hit-and-run at a pedestrian crossing and which they consider "blames the victims".

The Memory of Mallorca Association has been working for years to demolish the Francoist monument of Feixina that honors those "fallen" on the cruiser BalearicsThe organization has exhausted all legal avenues in its fight, and in October 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of protecting the monolith and ordered the organization to pay €3,223.71 to cover legal costs. The Association must pay this amount soon but lacks the necessary funds. Therefore, it is appealing for help and has launched a fundraising campaign to solicit voluntary contributions and raise the money it owes. The organization expressed in a statement its "profound disagreement with the judicial protection of a fascist monument inaugurated by the dictator Franco, which continues to occupy a public and democratic space." The president of Memoria de Mallorca, Maria Antònia Oliver, stated that "it is a disgrace that a democratic society condemns an organization for trying to keep a space free of Francoist symbols."

The European Union agreement with Mercosur It threatens small producers because it reduces, and even lowers, tariffs on imported products and establishes unequal conditions among producers. Faced with this, the farmers of the Canary Islands are not giving up and are looking for ways to combat the disadvantages the agreement entails, aiming to give a face to small-scale farmers and ensure the value of their work and the products they produce. But how are they doing it? With campaigns that highlight the importance of the sector, adapt to new consumption patterns, and appeal to young people.

The fire campaign began on May 1 and closed this Wednesday with 15.86 hectares burned in 60 incidents. The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment, Joan Simonet, gave a positive assessment of the campaign, stating that despite record temperatures recorded throughout Spain in 2025, the islands maintained "excellent results in terms of the number of fires and the area affected."

Every day, more and more people are deciding to do their part to demand an end to the massacre that Israel is carrying out in Palestine.

The Afedeco trade association will celebrate Tourist Smile Day on February 27, 2026, when it will distribute bags with the slogan Thanks for visiting Mallorca to visitors who shop at local businesses, the organization explained in a statement on Monday. Afedeco is thus joining the initiative of the Mallorcan Hotel Business Federation (FEHM) to thank tourists for their presence on the island and combat the messages conveyed by citizen protests against the touristification of residents' living spaces. "This isn't just any bag; it's a small gesture that encourages people to fill it with purchases, local products, and beautiful souvenirs to take back home," the organization states.

Eroski and Projecte Home Balears presented today in Palma de Mallorca "What Color is Life?", the fifteenth edition of the summer charity campaign benefiting this organization that supports people with addiction problems.