Palma court keeps Picornell ‘Nazi’ post case alive

A court in Palma, Mallorca, has kept the case over Balti Picornell’s ‘Nazi’ post moving, finding signs of a serious public insult. The former president of the Balearic Parliament is accused over a photograph he shared on social media. It showed him beside graffiti reading: ‘J. Campos puto nazi’.

Vox MP Jorge Campos brought the complaint. On 23 September 2026, the court gave both sides 10 days to seek a trial, ask for the case to be dropped or, in exceptional circumstances, request further inquiries.

The judge rejected the prosecution’s request to close the case on freedom-of-expression grounds. Calling a named person a Nazi in public is not a neutral political label or a harmless expression of disagreement, the ruling says. It can seriously damage that person’s standing in society.

The ruling also says this was not an off-the-cuff remark. Investigators found that the same message and image had been used repeatedly in connection with Campos.

Picornell did not give evidence when summoned to the courts on Vía Alemania in Palma in June. The judge says his silence, alongside the documents submitted in the case, points to possible wrongdoing. The ruling adds that Picornell at least tacitly accepted authorship in his appeal against the decision to admit the complaint.

The order is not a conviction. Whether the case reaches trial now depends on what the parties file within the 10-day deadline.

Topics: Court cases · Protests · Politics · Campos · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com