If the PP leaders are bothered by being labeled the ideological heirs of Francoism, they'd better get used to it. They will be considered as such, and more than deservedly so, as long as they make such government decisions.anti-democratic, vengeful, and painfullike the one that prevailed, with the votes of Vox and the PP itself, in the plenary session of the Catalan Parliament on Tuesday, March 10.democratic memory lawThe law, finally repealed in this session after several back-and-forths of low-level political maneuvering, was not a law against anyone, but a reparations law that offered, after more than eighty years of pain and oblivion, recognition to the victims of Francoism and their families. Destroying this law and trying to justify it with subterfuge (for example, that it wasn't necessary because a state law already exists on the same matter, an absurd way of trying to evade the issue) fails to conceal the reality: the victims of Francoism are being attacked again out of pure vengeance. The People's Party (PP) may not be willing to say it this way, but the Vox deputies are making it perfectly clear with their interventions and actions in the Catalan Parliament. The erratic interventions of spokesperson Sergio Rodríguez, or the fits of rage from President Gabriel Le Senne, are unacceptable mockery in the seat of sovereignty of a people who believe in democracy and want to live in it. Fascism is never compatible with democracy: it parasitizes it and exploits its very nature (democracy cannot deny anyone freedom of expression or the right to vote) to destroy it from within and spread its message of hatred and revenge. The Spanish nationalist right already won the Civil War and is eager to win it again: the spirit guiding the dismantling of the Memory Law is nothing other than a poorly disguised, if not entirely disguised, civil war mentality.

Most of the New Year's Eve speeches by regional presidents have had two main common denominators: housing and financing. In the first case, they have boasted about the measures they have implemented to address the primary concern of Spaniards. And in the second, they have criticized the proposed future model of regional financing. ERC and the PSOE are finalizingOne of the most significant voices has been that of Emiliano García-Page, the baron The socialist most critical of Pedro Sánchez. He has not uttered the words financing neither CataloniaBut everything was understood when he warned that he would stand up to it: "We will fight any kind of attempt at privileges that harm us."

The curtain rises. Més por Mallorca spokesperson Lluís Apesteguia reminds the Balearic president, Marga Prohens of the PP, who broke the pact to maintain the democratic memory law after the agreement they had reached in December with the left-wing parties. The Balearic Government has now supported a Vox proposal to repeal it. President Prohens responds to MP Apesteguía, saying, "The dictator Franco died before you and I were born, and the only ones who chat are those on the left." The curtain closes.

"Franco died before you and I were born" was the curious argument used by the president of the Balearic Government, Marga Prohens, to justify the repeal of the Law of Democratic Memory in the Balearic Islands. She presented it in her response to the spokesperson for Més por Mallorca, Lluís Apesteguia, who criticized Prohens for her lack of commitment. Indeed, Prohens initially agreed with Vox to eliminate the Law of Historical Memory in exchange for the votes of the far right for her election as president; later, when Vox signaled that it was breaking relations with the PP, she promised the left-wing parties that she would maintain this law if they voted for a couple of decrees. Finally, when the PP and Vox once again joined forces, they finally pushed forward, this time, with the beginning of the process to repeal the Law of Democratic Memory, in exchange for Vox's favorable vote for the approval of the budget. A triumph for Vox and a demonstration of the PP's complete harmony with the ultra-nationalist and neo-Francoist far right. Not submission: harmony. Complete ideological harmony, in discourse and objectives. When the parliamentary session ended, the PP and Vox deputies congratulated themselves with a long and thunderous applause.

The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has contradicted the statements made by the president of the Balearic Islands, Marga Prohens, and wanted to make it clear that "in no way is the situation in the Balearic Islands comparable to that of the Canary Islands", as you can read in the Chronicle by Anna Mascaró in itNow the Balearic IslandsIn Clavijo's tone—a member of the Canary Islands Coalition—one senses a certain binge of Prohensian demagoguery, constantly comparing the arrival of small boats on the Balearic coast with the massive influxes in the Canary Islands, or even with those on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Prohens doesn't care: everything is ammunition to fire at the Spanish government and the hated Pedro Sánchez (hatred on demand: at the headquarters on Génova Street they indicate who to hate, and with what intensity, and the PP delegations in each community begin to radiate hatred according to instructions). While playing the victim and making inconsistent comparisons, the Balearic president continues to govern with the far-right Vox, a significant part of the problem. She has had—and surely still has—the option of agreeing on policies with the opposition groups, the Socialists, and Més per Mallorca. But until now, Vox has always been chosen as a partner, and recently, in the mid-term review, it has strengthened its position. This is due to the fact that decisions on agreements and alliances are not made in the Consulate of the Sea, but in Madrid.

The Balearic Cultural Work (OCB) has had enough with collecting data from the Balearic Islands Health Service to prove that the Catalan language is not, and has never been, an impediment to filling nursing positions on these islands. This is important because the Popular Party and Marga Prohens's executive had insisted on saying the opposite. According to statements by the Balearic Government's Minister of Health, Manuela García, and the Vice President and Minister of Economy, Antoni Costa, Catalan was "an obstacle" to hiring staff in the Balearic Islands' public health system. They should resign or be dismissed for this. In any case, it is the Balearic Government's own data that proves them wrong.

The president of the Balearic Government, Marga Prohens, was quick to reject the 1.741 million euros that would correspond to the Balearic Islands for the debt forgiveness of the autonomous liquidity fund (FLA) that the Spanish government has agreed with ERC. The reason given by Prohens to justify the rejection of money that belongs to the citizens of the Balearic Islands is that the proposed figures presented by Minister Montero respond to a debt forgiveness "negotiated by and for Catalonia". And as an added argument, she exhibits an alleged comparative grievance: according to the calculations presented by the Spanish government, the Balearic Islands would be "forgiven" 1,413.4 euros per inhabitant, while in Catalonia it would be 2,133.5 euros per inhabitant.

The president of the Balearic Government, Marga Prohens, was quick to reject the 1.741 million euros that would correspond to the Balearic Islands for the debt forgiveness of the Autonomous Liquidity Fund (FLA) that the Spanish government has agreed with ERC. The reason given by Prohens to justify the rejection of money that belongs to the citizens of the Balearic Islands is that the proposed figures presented by Minister Montero respond to a debt forgiveness "negotiated by and for Catalonia". And as an added argument, she exhibits an alleged comparative grievance: according to the calculations presented by the Spanish government, the Balearic Islands would be "forgiven" 1,413.4 euros per inhabitant, while in Catalonia it would be 2,133.5 euros per inhabitant.