Mallorca pensions and housing: Armengol takes on PP

In Palma, Mallorca, on Tuesday, Francina Armengol puts pensions and public housing at the centre of an election clash: she accuses the People’s Party (PP) of leaving its pension plans unclear and backing housing policies she calls a failure. The Socialist candidate for the Balearic Islands in Spain’s Congress says voters face two opposing choices on 29 November.

Armengol says PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo did not explain his party’s plans for public pensions during his visit to Palma on Monday. She points to a legal guarantee approved in 2021 that provides for pensions to be adjusted each year. Feijóo has not made clear whether he supports proposals that would weaken the public system in favour of private schemes, she says. Armengol warns that such a move would increase inequality and hurt vulnerable people.

On housing, Armengol defends earlier Socialist efforts to promote publicly protected homes in Calvià, at the Mallorca Island Council and in the Balearic government. She claims that work has stalled under PP administrations, including the Balearic government led by Marga Prohens. For Armengol, the November vote will decide which course Spain and the Balearic Islands take on pensions, housing and social protection.

Topics: Housing · Politics · Palma · Calvià

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com