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Mallorca: Parliament blocks boat pressure plan

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A plan to ease boat pressure around Mallorca and the rest of the Balearics has been blocked in Parliament. On Tuesday, 22 September, MPs rejected a call for the regional government to present it before the 2027 tourist season. The proposal included capacity studies and separate data for each island and zone.

Archivo - Plano general de varios barcos en una zona de la costa de Baleares.
Europa Press

Socialist PSIB MP Pilar Carbonero tabled the motion. PP and Vox voted against most of its points, while PSIB, MÉS per Mallorca and the Mixed Group voted in favour. Llorenç Córdoba supported the governing bloc on 3 of the 12 points.

Moorings, speed limits and boat hire

The plan sought rules for anchoring areas, lower speeds in specified zones and protection for bathers and non-motorised leisure harbours. It also called for tighter checks on boat and jet-ski hire businesses.

Inspection and surveillance services would have been strengthened in a coordinated way. With the motion rejected, Parliament has not asked the government to bring forward that strategy ahead of the 2027 season.

Calls for audits and buoy action

The motion also raised alleged interference by the regional government in the work of coastal technical staff and legal advisers. It called on the government to guarantee objectivity, impartiality and compliance with the law.

PSIB wanted PortsIb and the Ministry for the Sea and Water Cycle to commission an audit into the legality of contracts and contract extensions handled during this legislative term. The proposal also included a single public transparency portal showing port and coast concessions, permits and uses on maps and through open data.

It further called for faster rollout of ecological buoy fields, while following legal, transparency and legal-certainty rules. PSIB voiced deep concern over a complaint filed with prosecutors about the buoy-installation contract and sought the fullest cooperation from the government and PortsIb with prosecutors and the courts.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com