Palma mayor says Vox cannot trade for city hall
Palma Mayor Jaime Martínez has ruled out letting Vox use its support to bargain for the city’s top job before next year’s local elections. Speaking on 29 August 2026, the PP candidate said Palma’s mayoralty was not negotiable. He wants to improve on the more than 51,000 votes and 11 councillors won by his party at the last election.
Vox has six councillors and also expects to gain votes and seats. Its City Hall spokesman, Fulgencio Coll, had left open the prospect of an agreement that could put Vox in the mayor’s office in return for supporting the PP in other institutions.
Martínez said the PP’s programme agreement with Vox had operated normally over the past three years. He pointed to three approved budgets and said a fourth municipal budget for the term was highly likely.
The mayor also questioned Vox’s readiness for the campaign, noting that the party has not yet named the person who will lead its Palma list. He predicted that Podemos would disappear from the institutions.
Plaza Mayor plans and policing pledge
Among the projects Martínez highlighted are Gesa, a planned Botanical Garden, changes around Lluís Sitjar and the exhibition site. Work to reshape Plaza Mayor is due to start in the first quarter of next year if the timetable holds. He said it would be carried out in phases and in dialogue with those affected, so businesses in the work areas are not harmed.
The future of the casetas on Costa del Teatre remains open. The winning scheme proposes removing them, but Martínez said no decision would be taken until it is known how the structures could be restored.
Martínez said one in every four euros of Palma City Council’s budget goes on security. He expects the Policía Local to have 350 additional officers by the end of the term. On cleaning, he said the council found more than 30,000 graffiti tags when he took office and has removed more than half of them.
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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com