Vox continues to cut budgets in autonomous regions where the People’s Party needs its votes. The most recent case was the Balearic Islands, where Pres Marja Bruhens It saw its spending ceiling for 2026 accounts collapse yesterday. Before there was … It happened in Extremadura and there will be elections in less than twenty days. In Aragon, the expectation of a call is almost imminent.
However, the archipelago’s popular parties are closing the door on early elections. Genoa – which supports its regional presidents when it comes to taking a step forward to be able to continue their rhetoric against Pedro Sanchez, precisely because they do not have Public budgets — He makes an exception in this case and supports the decision of the Balearic President even though the principle was exactly the opposite.
Last summer, Bruhinz approved the 2025 budgets. Modernizing the accounts, specifically, is his main argument for not taking citizens to the polls. The Conservative leadership supports this thinking: “It’s about expanding their own budgets. We’re not talking about an extension As happens in Extremadura and Aragon, where they do not have 2025 elections, Vox is closing the door on the 2026 elections.
In fact, there is another compelling reason. the The chaotic situation in which Fox finds himself In this community for almost two years, with an internal rupture that cannot be resolved. The first crisis, in January 2024, split the parliamentary group. Months later, the two wayward representatives began working in a structure parallel to the official party structure. Bruhens had to deal with two different games, which also allowed him to play with alternative accounts. If there are elections, as reflected in the People’s Party, Vox will have the ability to “remake itself”, tossing out critics and reshaping the group with an official line.
This weakness of the Vox Party, which cannot be compared to other regions, is what the People’s Party also seeks to exploit. For this reason, Genova gave his approval for Bruhinz to proceed without calling elections, with the idea that Abascal’s party would continue to disintegrate while the popular parties consolidated themselves as the only option. Barring any change to the text, the Balearic Islands will hold elections in 2027.
The only possible comparison with the islands is an autonomous community Cantabria. Last week, the opposition also approved the entire amendment proposed by the SWP in a tense debate that Fox missed. María José Saenz de Burruaga also does not plan to call elections. His case is different because he does not rely on the Vox party, but has another alternative majority – the regional Cantabrian party – which has also turned its back on him.