Mallorca social care budget: 24-hour notice sparks row

Mallorca’s social care budget, equivalent to almost half the island council’s total, is heading to a board meeting called with just one day’s notice, MÉS per Mallorca says. The party raised the complaint in Palma, Mallorca, on 10 November 2026. The island council has called an extraordinary, urgent meeting of the board of the Mallorcan Institute of Social Affairs (IMAS) to consider approving the budget.

MÉS says the short notice leaves opposition members too little time to check the figures, suggest changes or scrutinise the plans. Its council spokesperson, Catalina Inés Perelló, called for more time to study the budget and hold a proper debate. She argued that the council, led by president Llorenç Galmés, had known for months that the annual budget needed approval.

Rosa Cursach, who represents MÉS on the IMAS board, said the figures determine how many people can receive help, which services are strengthened and which needs remain unmet. She warned that rushing the meeting could turn that decision into a formality.

MÉS wants Galmés to give opposition members time to examine the accounts and put forward proposals before the board considers them. The statement did not include a response from the island council.

Topics: Social affairs · Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com