Palma de Mallorca, 6 October 2026 — Antoni Costa, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Innovation and Vice-President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, has MÉS per Mallorca accused Parliament of the Balearic Islands in the plenary session of submitting to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in a “Genuflexión”. The occasion was a question session in which MP Maria Ramon raised support for households and quoted the expression “llegar a fin de mes”.
Costa criticised MÉS for failing to secure key demands from the Balearic government in Madrid on state-level issues, including relief for families and low- and middle-income households. MÉS’s cooperation with the platform Sumar had, Costa said, given regional concerns “little weight”. He described the party’s role in the Congress of Deputies as “irrelevant” and predicted that this would not change after the next Spanish general election. He was referring specifically to its ability to exert influence in Madrid, not to its position in the autonomous institutions of the Balearic Islands.
The debate took place in the Balearic parliament on Tuesday. Costa linked his accusations to the Balearic government’s call for additional measures to reduce the tax burden on households at national level in the short term. In his view, MÉS per Mallorca’s conduct prevented it from bringing political pressure to bear for such relief.
According to parliamentary information, MÉS per Mallorca currently has one MP, who sits within the Sumar group in the Congress of Deputies. The term “Genuflexión” used by Costa comes from his speech in the plenary session. His remarks form part of a long-running dispute over the financial leeway available to the autonomous communities and the influence of small regional parties on national legislation.
MÉS per Mallorca did not offer an immediate response giving a different account during the session. Costa’s remarks are political characterisations and predictions; no specific new tax or family policy measures were announced during the plenary session.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).