The relationship between the ruling conservatives at the Partido Popular and their bed-mates at far-right group, Vox, is shaking the very foundations of the Balearic government, after Vox Balearic Members of Parliaments attempted a coup against their leaders.
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Jules OLong story short. VOX has 7 MP’s in the local parliament, one of them being the speaker. Both he and another member follow orders from head office. The other five want to be autonomous and legislate independently from head office. Head office wants Castilian Spanish to be introduced into schools and official documents, to which the first two agree, the other five not so much. These five have a lot of support amongst the three island’s town councils, the first two, not so much. Head office wants to get rid of the five rebels. The five rebels want to get rid of the two “intruders” and relieve the speaker of his position. Their partners in government, the PP, are hoping that whatever happens VOX will continue to support them, probably by watering down language inclusion which they now consider to be a vote loser. Plus cą change,
This whole article contains a very poor (in fact non-existent) explanation regarding what the dispute was about. I'd love to know more. It's of little use knowing that there is an cross-party squabble, without any detail regarding what the squabble relates to!
'Without the support of Vox the Balearic government could fall.' Oh what a pity, especially as they've done such a good job at cleaning up Palma (which was one of their big election promises). Have you noticed that now there is no graffiti, no rubbish anywhere, no dogs##t in the street !