The president of the Govern, Marga Prohens, has vindicated the commitment of her Executive to“continue working for stability and tranquility” in 2026, focusing on access to housing, in her New Year’s Eve institutional speech.
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This was highlighted by the leader of the Executive in her message to the citizens, broadcast this Tuesday on IB3 and from Menorca, specifically from Son Quart, with the aim of highlighting the Minorcan countryside and the agricultural activity of the Islands.
Thus began the speech of the president, who recognized the work of farmers, ranchers and fishermen, also putting in value the local product and the role of the primary sector as an economic activity that “must be viable and profitable.
“A field and an agricultural activity that we want to last, that can face the challenge of climate change, that are part not only of our history, but also of our future,” he stressed, while claiming the importance of defending the fisheries sector before Europe.
In this sense, he stressed that the Govern is working on a new agricultural law, based on dialogue with the sector, to ensure the profitability of agricultural activity and generational replacement. A law that, in his opinion, should be one of the major milestones of next year.
During her speech, the president defended that the Government has faced these two and a half years of legislature “without looking the other way” in the face of problems, “assuming with responsibility complex challenges” such as access to housing, the transformation of the economic model, population growth or the migration crisis.
Thus, he focused on housing, remarking that the Executive is aware of the“great concern” that is access to housing and of “the great efforts that many families are making to access their home and the difficulties of young people to be able to emancipate themselves and start their life project”.
“The year that begins will be the year in which the construction of more public housing in the history of our community will begin. Yes, public housing for the people here, now yes, for the people here,” he stressed.
The economic model
On the other hand, he referred to the transformation of the economic model within the Sustainability Pact. “Citizens do not count their lives in terms of legislatures; that is why it is necessary to deal with day-to-day problems, but also to plan and transform in order to know which islands we want to leave to our children“, he said.
In the area of public services, Prohens highlighted improvements in education, health and social services, with more resources, more professionals and a commitment to excellence, the reduction of waiting lists and territorial equity.
He also stressed that the Government is working to protect women, for equality and for the reconciliation of work and family life.
The Govern’s priority for 2026, he said, is to have “more housing for local people, more and better public services and to transform the model, from growing in volume to growing in value”.
During the speech, he referred to several claims of the Govern, including a fair regional funding system that takes into account the insularity and a “decisive response” of the Government of Spain and Europe to the migration crisis.
According to Prohens, the year ends with a national political climate “marked by the degradation of some of the main institutions” and by the “worst face of politics”, in reference to machismo and corruption.
Finally, he thanked the work of all the professionals of the emergency services in the face of episodes such as the floods of this autumn in Ibiza and remembered the people who were affected.
“In this coming year 2026, the Govern will continue to govern and work for stability and tranquility, as we have been doing in these two and a half years, to respond to all the challenges exposed with humility and closeness, aware that much remains to be done,” he concluded.
