Menorca sea freight costs drive PP election campaign
Costly sea freight on Menorca: the People’s Party (PP) opens its general election campaign at Quesería Menorquina on Friday, 13 November, promising to ease the pressure on island businesses and families. José Vicente Marí Bosó, the party’s Congress candidate for the Balearic Islands, says shipping costs make it harder for firms to compete with those on mainland Spain. He puts cumulative inflation in recent years at 28 per cent and the rise in food prices at 41 per cent.
A push to cut island costs
Marí Bosó wants businesses to receive more compensation for the extra cost of shipping goods by sea. He says the de minimis limit — a cap he argues restricts that compensation — stands in the way. The PP chose the Menorca cheese producer for its campaign launch, calling it an example of the Balearic Islands’ industrial strength.
Housing and transport on the agenda
The party also plans to campaign on public services, transport and infrastructure. Marí Bosó says young people and families across the Balearic Islands struggle to find affordable homes even when they earn a wage. Fellow Congress candidate Joan Mesquida wants Menorca’s particular island disadvantages raised in Spain’s Congress and Senate as part of the case for helping its businesses compete.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com