The spokesperson for Vox in the Parliament, Manuela Cañadas, has taken aim this Monday at the PP’s “electoral performance” after the Minister of Economy, Finance and Innovation, Antoni Costa, announced last week the temporary suspension of negotiations on the 2027 Balearic budget, while from the “popular” ranks they claim that the measure is “correct”.
Cañadas stated that she does not understand the PP’s “rush” to register a spending cap and regional accounts and then blame Vox for the blockage. The leader emphasized that her party “has no problem” with the “popular” party submitting the budget bill to sit down and talk, as long as “minimum issues” are addressed, among which, she clarified, the language question is not included.
In this line, she recalled that Vox has backed the budgets of the Valencian Community and advanced that in the Balearics it will also look out for the interests of the Community during the negotiation process. “What problem can we have to approve them here?”, she asked.
On the other hand, the PP’s deputy spokesperson in the Parliament, Marga Duran, described as “correct” and “necessary” the decision to freeze talks on the public accounts until after the general elections of November 29.
Durán stated that “after the experience of these three and a half years, decisions need willingness and confidentiality”, something she warned that “if it is not there, it is at risk”. The MP added that in an electoral context these budget talks can be tainted by “political interests”.
Asked about the possibility of resuming the meetings in December, a month that accumulates several public holidays, Durán admitted that the calendar is “tight”, and therefore she called for political will to push through the new accounts and avoid having to extend the 2026 budgets.
The spokesperson explained that the budget bill will include tax deductions and a package of aid aimed at ensuring that all sectors can deal with the upturn in inflation. If finally it were not possible to approve new accounts, the PP “will assess the way in which they can be approved”.
Proposal to ban the burka and the niqab
In another order of things, both formations will back this Tuesday in the plenary session of the Parlament the initiative to ban the burka and the nicab, two traditional female garments of Islamism which, as they have argued, "threaten" freedom, the dignity, and the equality of women.
Cañadas has maintained that "no woman should live in fear of showing her face" and has stressed that these garments, in her view, represent a "subjugation incompatible with equality".
Likewise, Duran has reiterated that these garments "erase the identity of women", which is "the most valuable" that people have.
The 'popular' deputy has accused left-wing parties of positioning themselves "against women's rights" and has criticized their rejection of the ban on the burka and the nicab.