President in the hot seat

Armengol is to ask Bauzá if he has calculated the exact number of jobs which have been lost, and as she has already done at previous Parliamentary sessions, will ask the President just what he and his ruling Partido Popular (PP) team have done to tackle the region's dire economic situation since they came to power.

On the economic front, the PP Members of Parliament will also be fielding the government a wide range of questions. For example, MP Mabel Cabrer will be asking the Finance Minister, Josep Ignasi Aguiló just what modifications he has made to the government's economic rescue package after his recent meeting with Central Government, and how it compares to the one which had originally been approved by the previous regional government.

Fernando Rubio, another Partido Popular MP will be asking for more details on the regional government's intention to create a so-called “Central Contracting Pool”, whilst MP Carlos Veramendi will be enquiring on the extent of importance that the Balearics has in terms of railway services in the Mediterranean.

A Majorcan Socialist and Green Party coalition (PSM-IV-ExM) will be posing a question related to the economy - in this case, if the regional government has considered claiming from Central Government the money that is already due to it under signed agreements and which the Balearics haven't yet received. The Socialists also want to know why the Partido Popular Agriculture, Environment and Territory Minister, Biel Company has formally delegated the defence of the Agriculutral interests of the Islands in dealings with the State and the European Community to the President of the Balearic Environment Commission.

Partido Popular MP, Maria Virtudes Mari will be wanting to know why farmers in the Balearics still haven't received subsidies from the regional government which were still outstanding to them at the start of the new government.