Mallorca heat row over Vox councillor's study remark
Palma, Mallorca, is caught in a row over studying in the heat: a Vox councillor called it a “culture of effort” at a city council meeting. Balearic education minister Antoni Vera rejects the remark in the regional parliament on Tuesday, 29 September.
Vera was answering a question from Socialist MP Amanda Fernández. He said he was surprised to be asked to account for a councillor from another party, adding that the Socialists did not answer for their leaders in prison.
“Vox talks nonsense and the People’s Party puts it into practice,” Fernández replied. Vera then accused the former Pacte governing alliance of failing to act on air conditioning during earlier heatwaves.
Later in the session, Socialist MP Álex Pitaluga urged the government to put the public University of the Balearic Islands ahead of private universities. He said it was the only university where young people could study regardless of their income. Vera defended the regional government’s investment in it.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com