The Council of Mallorca has finally agreed the terms for its nine-million euro allocation to an anti-crisis plan of financial aid to people affected by rising prices that are the consequence of the war in the Middle East.
The Partido Popular and Vox are coalition partners at the Council. For almost a month, the two parties had been haggling over the terms of the aid. This had not been due entirely to Vox locally - there was initial consensus with the PP - as the national party organisation had been involved.
It demanded that aid should be for Spaniards only, something that was legally impossible. A three-year residency qualification period which had been agreed was too short, argued Vox in Madrid. At one point the party called for ten years. In the end there was a compromise of five years, which was announced by Council president Llorenç Galmés of the PP on Friday.
Apart from the five-year residency qualification, the nine million euros from this particular fund will be for people with an annual income of 25,200 euros or less; priority will be given to families with children. It was agreed at the end of March that nine million euros should be allocated to the most vulnerable people on the island.
The Council's whole aid package, as announced at the end of last month, will amount to 84 million euros.