Balearic budget for 2025 "dynamited" by Vox "blackmail"
The government will be left with little choice but to extend the 2024 budget into next year.
The election result in the Balearics
“Only time will tell whether the voters got it right or wrong but the people of the Balearics have spoken.”
Local elections 2023 results
Majorca Daily Bulletin Editor Jason Moore talks about the results from the local elections from May, 25 2023.
Local elections 2023 for the Balearics
Jaime Martínez, Marga Prohens and Llorenç Galmés raise their thumbs in victory last night in Palma.
Election time
“We are on full local election mode but the result is too close to call at the moment”
Limiting the number of cars coming to the Balearics - a PP election pledge
Policy to avoid "a feeling of congestion or saturation".
Marga Prohens, leader of the Partido Popular in the Balearics
Marga Prohens, leader of the Partido Popular in the Balearics at the Fitur tourism fair in Madrid in January 2023.
Partido Popular will not scrap the tourist tax
The main opposition party will look at ways of residents not having to pay the tourist tax.
Partido Popular leader in the Balearics in hot water over a lunch and hotel adjustable beds
Adjustable beds - "The greatest nonsense of tourism policy in recent years".
Opposition keep up the attack against foreign home-buying ban
Marga Prohens says that government housing policies have been "populist, radical and ineffective".
Partido Popular promise clampdown on graffiti in Palma if they win the election
All graffiti, says the PP's candidate for Palma mayor, will result in a maximum fine of 3,000 euros.
The Partido Popular in the Balearics celebrate the Andalusia election result
The PP in the Balearics celebrate the Andalusia election result.
Bomb scare at political party HQ in Palma
Police mounted a major operation in the centre of Palma.
The tourist tax is an "ecofarce"
The Partido Popular opposition in agreement with the hoteliers regarding the tax.
Armengol has taken "undeserved credit" for the tourism season
"There has been a season, despite you and your management."
Representatives of the Partido Popular in the Balearics
The PP's congress will be held later this month.
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Comment
‘Red Marga’ leaves hoteliers singing the blues
Balearic leader has been dubbed ‘Red Marga’ after announcing a rise in the tourist tax, which her party had once sought to abolish.
Jason Moore11/10/2024 09:23