The island institution allocates 5.5 million euros for the purchase of Santa Cirga, in Manacor, Sa Fàbrica Nova, in Sóller, and the Almallutx estate, in Escorca, in a major commitment to the conservation and protection of the island’s cultural and environmental heritage
The Consell de Mallorca will approve the first extraordinary incorporation of 28. 28,860,580 euros from last year’s surplus cash to the 2025 budget, which amounts to 695.5 million euros. In this way, the island institution will have 724.3 million euros at its disposal for this year. This was announced by the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, at a press conference, accompanied by the councillor of Finance and Public Function, Rafel Bosch. Galmés stated that ‘with this injection we are continuing to move forward with the policies that we began at the beginning of the legislature, putting people at the centre, improving the quality of life of citizens and facing the current challenges’.
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The Consell de Mallorca incorporates 28.8 million euros from surplus funds into the 2025 budgets
President Galmés also stressed that ‘the Consell de Mallorca manages its budget with budgetary rigour, complying with the fiscal rules of stability and expenditure ceilings’. In this sense, he pointed out that ‘the reactivation of these limitations in 2024 by the central government does not allow us to have, as we would like, our resources’. However, he reiterated that ‘we do not rule out new incorporations of residual funds throughout the year’.
44% of the surplus will go to social policies
The president of the island’s institution pointed out that of the nearly 29 million euros, 12.7 million will go to policies that care for people, especially the most vulnerable. Of these, 4.7 million euros are for programmes for people with disabilities, 6 million for the child protection service and one million to help local councils with the upkeep of municipal homes for the elderly.
New public heritage for all Mallorcans
Llorenç Galmés also announced that 5.5 million euros will go towards the acquisition of emblematic estates and assets of great cultural and environmental value, ‘in an essential commitment to protect and conserve Mallorca’s cultural, historical and landscape heritage, to make it available to all Mallorcans’.
Specifically, 3 million euros are earmarked for the purchase of Sa Fàbrica Nova, in Sóller, listed as an asset of cultural interest, and where the island’s future Textile Museum will be located once it has been refurbished. In addition, the institution has earmarked 1 million euros to purchase Santa Cirga, in Manacor, to create an interpretation centre for the figure of Mosén Antoni Alcover, as it is his birthplace. Lastly, 1.5 million euros will go towards the purchase of the Almallutx estate in Escorca, to ensure conservation and preserve the legacy for future generations.
More investment for town councils, culture and sports
The Minister of Finance and Public Function, Rafel Bosch, explained that the Consell de Mallorca will invest 2 million euros for the purchase of emergency vehicles for all the island’s town councils. By department, the Presidency will have an additional 650,000 euros this year. Of this, 450,000 euros will go to programmes and activities for the elderly and 140,000 euros to the Mallorcan Solidarity Fund. Culture will have 1.9 million euros more, most of which is for the Fundació Teatre Principal. The Department of Tourism incorporates 2 million euros for the promotion of responsible tourism and for sports sponsorship. Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures will also have 2 million euros more for the maintenance of the island’s road network. Economic Promotion and Local Development will receive 1 million euros and the area of Environment, Rural Affairs and Sports 1.8 million euros. Of this, 815,000 euros will go to support grassroots sport, 425,000 euros to renew the fleet of vehicles and 220,000 euros for the purchase of the bou Rafael boat, which is of great heritage value, to ensure its conservation.