Last Sunday, the newspaper Última Hora published a poll on the results of the elections in the Balearic Islands, which, if nothing changes, will be held in a year's time. The prediction was that the PP and Vox will be able to renew their joint government, and that they would do so with a reinforced majority: the PP would have a significant increase, from 25 to 28 seats (close to an absolute majority, which in the Balearic Islands is 30 deputies), and Vox would gain one seat and remain with 9, compared to the 8 it has now. The eco-sovereignist left of Més per Mallorca would remain with 4 seats, Més per Menorca would go from 2 to 3 seats, and Gent per Formentera would lose its current seat. But the one that would suffer the great defeat would be the PSOE, which has already announced that Francina Armengol will not be its candidate and which blames the wear and tear of socialists at the state level: it would fall from the current 18 deputies to 14. As is often said, it is only a poll, but everything indicates that the revalidation of the victory of the extreme right and the far-right is a done deal in the Balearic Islands.Naturally, those favored by the demographic winds immediately came out to boast, as reported by Ara Balears. In his peculiar way of expressing himself, the spokesperson for the Popular Party, Sebastià Sagreras, boasted that “there are only two possible scenarios, one in which the PP is close to an absolute majority and another in which it would approach an absolute majority, but would still have to reach agreements”. Sagreras doesn't realize that, in both scenarios, he says the same thing. However, no one takes away his greatest satisfaction: “The PSIB [acronym for the PSOE in the Balearic Islands] is sunk”. Very good, Sagreras.More disturbing is the assessment made of the survey by the spokesperson for Vox in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, Manuela Cañadas, who admires and applauds the things her party has "achieved" by forcing the Popular Party to follow its discipline as partners/non-partners. Namely: "The repeal of the democratic memory law, the deregulation of rural and urban land to allow more construction, and the imposition of national priority for accessing social benefits". In other words: fascist denialism, wild real estate speculation taken to its ultimate consequences, and institutionalized racism. They are great advances, indeed. Cañadas forgot, because she must take it for granted, a frontal and constant attack against the Catalan language and public schools, which the PP has diligently carried out from the self-governing institutions.Now, however, the same PP of the Balearic Islands says that it considers the commitments acquired with Vox to be fulfilled in order to approve the budgets, and that they intend to distance themselves from them during this pre-election year. Comment from a Vox source to Ara Balears from a Vox source: “They want to appear as moderate centrists now that the legislature is ending, but it's a lie”. It cannot be summarized better. A conclusion as schematic as it is true: the PP will continue to sell (and will not lack buyers) the idea of being a liberal, moderate, and reformist center-right party. The reality is that it is and will continue to be the submissive partner of Vox. In the Balearic Islands and everywhere.
