Balearics tourism fund: island compensation proposed
A new tourism fund could compensate the Balearic Islands for the costs of being islands and the damaging knock-on effects of mass tourism, the PSIB says. Rosario Sánchez, the party’s candidate for Balearic president in the 2027 elections, announced the plan in Palma, Mallorca, on Friday 4 September. She said Spain’s government will add the fund to its proposed new regional financing system.
No figure has been put on the fund. Sánchez said the priority is to negotiate an amount that is fair for the archipelago.
Balearics set to oppose financing plan
The Council for Fiscal and Financial Policy was due to discuss the new financing system on the same day. The Balearic Government plans to vote against it, according to Sánchez.
Even so, she said the islands still have a chance to press for better terms as the proposal goes through parliament. Sánchez accused the Govern of making no attempt to negotiate with Spain’s government or to sit down with civil groups and political parties to prepare objections. She also said it was following People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo against Balearic interests.
The PSIB, she said, will work with civil groups and others willing to support the case. Extra funding could go to healthcare, education and other public services.
Sánchez attacks Prohens over migration and hospitals
Sánchez also criticised Balearic president Marga Prohens for comparing Ceuta with migration routes to the islands. She said Prohens was turning the human tragedy of migration into an election issue, pointing to her attendance at Wednesday’s demonstration supporting Ceuta in Plaça de Cort, Palma.
She urged Prohens to focus on the health system, saying she had heard no response from the president after recent reports concerning Son Llàtzer and Son Espases hospitals. Sánchez also rejected Prohens’s suggestion that she or Secretary of State for Security Aina Calvo may have known of a police report pointing to rising arrivals in the Balearics.
Topics: Protests · Health · Tourism · Politics · Palma
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com