The latest poll by the Balearic Institute of Social Studies indicates that this May's municipal election will result in a majority for right-wing parties at Palma town hall.
By comparison with the 2019 election, the Partido Popular are set to increase their number of councillors from six to nine and Vox from four to six. There are 29 councillors in total, meaning a majority of 15. A PP-Vox combination would give 15.
For parties on the left which form the current coalition administration, Mayor José Hila's PSOE are looking at the loss of one councillor - down to eight - while Més and Unidas Podemos will remain the same, both with three councillors.
The maths look pretty straightforward, but forming coalition administrations is very rarely straightforward, and for the PP's Jaime Martínez there is the fact that his party has been reluctant to speak about pacts with Vox; there are in fact misgivings about alliances with Vox. The PP have been hoping for absolute majorities (Balearic parliament, Council of Mallorca as well as Palma), but polls have consistently shown that they will be well short of these.
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James Walker'Well Morgan it doesn't look like many people agree with your view judging by the thumbs down.' Really ?
Well Morgan it doesn't look like many people agree with your view judging by the thumbs down. But you are intitled to your opinion. I'm far from tribalistic that's the biggest problem in the world right now. People just following the latest narratives asking no questions.
James WalkerI'm not sure where you come up with this stuff, but I suspect it's just tribalism. You need to have an enemy in order to support the tribe. And to be enemies, they need to do bad stuff. So, make it up, and exaggerate it. Right? Yet if you look at the reality on the ground, little, if any of what you've said here has a speck of truth to it. Mallorca, in particular, is actually in pretty good shape, notwithstanding some junior partners in the coalition spouting bits of nonsense, which of course will indeed lead to the current government getting voted out. But that's their problem to fix. There's some issues at the airport right now with respect to short term parking, but that's hardly a disaster. The taxi cartel seems to be cutting its own throat, but again, that's their problem to fix. Otherwise, Brits of course are all flummoxed because they now have to endure passport control (but always did). But that's just how they are. Still, virtually none of the fury and outrage disasters that you and others trot out here on a daily basis actually exist or ever did. And things are quite a bit better on this island than another one we all know...
Finally sanity prevails, getting rid of these far left wing clowns. The way they managed the plandemic was ridiculous and a lot of people suffered financially (not from COVID) the speed limit on the ring road down to 80 is ridiculous. Allowing 16 year olds to pick a gender and just defy basic biology is just idiotic and brainless. I could name another 10 more reasons I can't wait to see the back of these Muppets. I wait for the left wing woke mob outrage to shout and scream at me:)