Price of electricity high on parliament's agenda
Electricity bills and a so-called Covid tax to be debated in the Balearic parliament.
Opposition demand to know who was responsible for airport incident
Jorge Campos of Vox said that the Balearics and Spain were open to "international ridicule".
Government promising audit of vaccination process
The call for a parliamentary commission to consider the vaccination process is unlikely to now get sufficient support.
Anti-corruption office looking into parliament allowances complaint
An anonymous report detailing alleged irregularities with allowance claims has been sent to the anti-corruption office.
The Balearic parliament
The Balearic parliament in session this week.
Balearic parliament
There are 59 deputies in the Balearic parliament. (Archive image.)
Salaries for Balearic members of parliament frozen in 2021
Full-time deputies (members of parliament) are paid almost 58,000 euros.
Jorge Campos of Vox in the Balearics
Jorge Campos was critical of "a socialist and communist political caste".
Call for reshuffle of "inefficient" Balearic government
Management of European funds and the allowance for senior officials not resident in Mallorca were topics in parliament on Tuesday.
The Week That Was
Vomiting as parliament returns
Acts of international solidarity and cooperation do occasionally surface, as they did last week.
Media
Balearic parliament to debate proposal to tackle fake news
The proposal includes the creation of a commission to develop a "regional strategy" against disinformation.
Tourism
Parliament supports European strategic plan for tourism
There is support for a "Europe Mark": "A European seal of sanitary certification must be created for tourism."
Coronavirus
President stresses health service readiness to deal with coronavirus
The Balearics is the region to have been most affected by a suspension of normal activity
Police
Parliament approves Balearics police force motion
Parliament wants transfers of powers for police, coasts and water resources.
Child welfare
Government intensifying fight against sexual exploitation
Vox demanded that money for the Balearics Institute for Women should be used for improving the care of minors.
Tourism
Parliament approves tourism of excesses decree
The decree is designed to eradicate anti-social tourism in Magalluf, Playa de Palma and Sant Antoni.
Child welfare
Opposition demands resignation of social affairs minister
The minister accused the Partido Popular of not having done anything about child sexual exploitation cases.
Crime
Parliament's minute's silence for gender violence
"While women are being murdered, this democracy cannot be called a democracy."
Politics
Parliament speaker calls for constitutional reform
"My generation did not vote for it (the Constitution), and I'm not that young any more."
Comment
The despair of business
"It has taken much to push business to become openly critical, but in a way it has been the promise of the vaccine which has created this push."
Andrew Ede06/02/2021 10:19