Vox has opted to take forward the fight against squatters. squatters to the detriment of itslinguistic idealsfor the Balearic Islands. The right-wing party has managed to include an item of 250,000 euros in the 2025 autonomic budgets to promote an Anti-squatting Office, similar to the one set up in the City Council of Palma and also promoted in Ibiza. “We have replaced the linguistic office with an anti-occupation one, in the face of housing problems and legal insecurity,” argued Vox ‘s spokeswoman in the Parliament, Manuela Cañadas. The draft regional budget for next year, presented Thursday by the Minister of Economy, Finance and Innovation, Antoni Costa, already includes the item that Vox has demanded to create an Anti-occupation Office. Costa has confirmed the existence of this item to create a center for the prevention of illegal squatting and although he has not specified the item to create this body, he has advanced that if the figure is less than the 250,000 euros claimed by those of Santiago Abascal, this figure will be reached during the parliamentary process. The conseller has denied that these proposals derive from the fact that Vox “has tightened the screws” but are the result of dialogue to reach agreements “for the benefit of all”. At this point, he has again expressed confidence that the negotiations with Vox to approve the accounts come to fruition.
Free choice of language
The claim on which Vox has relented is that of a 750,000 euro item to create a Office of Linguistic Freedom.
“We haven’t demanded any extra funds, the linguistic plan will continue. with the resources that they consider necessary from Education. The agreement has been reached to go with the tranquility required to change the linguistic imposition of Catalan,” said Cañadas. For his part, Costa announced that, although there is no specific allocation for the pilot plan of free choice of language, there will be a campaign to promote the choice of language in primary education aimed at parents.
Budget
During his appearance in the regional chamber, Costa highlighted the “powerful investment” that will be made next year in the water cycle and in salary increases for health personnel. “We must take care of those who take care of us,” he insisted. The economic head of the Autonomous Executive referred to the salary freeze for senior officials, who will only receive the increases authorized by the State. The total draft general budget for 2025 amounts to 7,469 million euros and involves cuts in Ibiza and Formentera.
