Mallorca pension top-up: government dodges debate call

Palma, Mallorca: a plan to top up pensions below the legal minimum wage meets a government rebuff on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. In the Balearic Parliament, Socialist MP Amanda Fernández asks Economy, Finance and Innovation Minister Antoni Costa to bring a citizens’ legislative proposal from the Balearic pensioners’ platform before the next plenary session, due in two weeks. Costa does not say whether it will be debated then.

Instead, he accuses the Balearic Socialist Party (PSIB) of a “sudden interest” in the issue. He says the Socialists have not introduced the same top-up in Catalonia, Asturias or Castilla-La Mancha, where they govern, and only want it in the Balearics while in opposition.

Fernández argues the payment is needed because, she says, prices in the Balearic Islands are the highest in Spain. She also asks why the top-up is absent from the 2027 spending ceiling. Costa does not answer that question directly either. He points instead to increased funding for education, healthcare, housing and transport.

Topics: Social affairs · Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com