Galmés hasn't given up and will continue negotiating to limit rental cars in Mallorca.

The left of the Consell de Mallorca asks the president of the island institution, Llorenç Galmés, to take "brave and real" measures for limit rental cars on the island. At least, Vox believes that it is unacceptable in any way that the regulations require Spaniards to pay a fee to enter Mallorca by car. The different political positions leave the approval of one of Galmés's flagship measures in the Consell in high regard. However, the island president is not giving up and continues to negotiate the final proposal for the regulations with entities and companies in the sector, as well as with the parties represented in the Consell, with the aim of ensuring that "it is not only a proposal from one government team, but that it is applied in other legislatures," as Galmés hoped.

However, he has not specified what modifications he will make to the law to obtain the support of his government partners (Vox), or the vote in favor of the opposition. "We continue with meetings," Galmés insisted. The president of the Council expected to approve the regulation byParliament in early 2026to be able to implement it next year, but this timeframe is unclear because Vox is not facilitating the approval of the text and the left is not yet "on target," according to several sources familiar with the negotiations.

Galmés responds to Habtur

After the Balearic Islands Tourist Housing Association (Habtur) would describe as "questionable" the data released by the Consell de Mallorca Regarding the illegal tourist accommodation listings in Mallorca, Galmés has expressed his "maximum support" for the island's Department of Tourism. If the tourist rental association wants access to "any type of information," he noted, they can go to the Consell de Mallorca and consult the procedure by which the data was obtained.

According to the report presented by the Minister of Tourism, José Marcial Rodríguez, four out of every ten tourist accommodations listed in Mallorca are illegal. This represents a monthly average of nearly 8,000 properties and approximately 42,000 tourist accommodations operating without oversight or guarantees and in unfair competition with those who comply with regulations.

Furthermore, Galmés announced that in the coming weeks the Consell de Mallorca will announce the results of the second phase of the work carried out thanks to the Airbnb platform to eradicate illegal listings. He asserted that the results will demonstrate that during his term, "the fight against illegal supply is indeed going well."

He created places for migrant minors

The Mallorcan Council has ruled out expanding the number of specific places for unaccompanied foreign minors within the island's protection system, despite the fact that their situation has reached "the limit" with an overcrowding of 1,150 percent, as reported by Galmés this Monday. Similarly, he asserted that despite the fact that the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) has the largest budget in its history, "it does not have the capacity to care for more migrant minors."

Galmés asserted that the possibility of expanding the number of places for these minors is not on the table. However, he countered, work is underway to create an emergency reception space in the former Son Tous barracks, which will be "temporary" and which he hopes not to have to implement. This extraordinary resource, he clarified, will be only for migrant minors who arrive on the coast of Mallorca by boat, whom the Mallorcan Council is obligated to care for. It is not intended, he explained, for migrant minors from the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla, who could arrive on the island as a result of distribution among the regions.

The migration crisis affecting the Balearic Islands, he considered, should be resolved through work in the countries of origin, recognition of the route from Algeria, and border protection by activating the deployment of Frontex personnel, and not "by taking irregular migrants to hotels on our island." Galmés also took the opportunity to criticize the fact that the Government delegate in the Archipelago, Alfonso Rodríguez, has "refused" to receive the presidents of the four island councils to discuss the care of migrant minors, over whom they have jurisdiction.