AM-CC pushes nationality debate to assess Fuerteventura’s carrying capacity

The Parliament backed the major‑party deputies’ proposals to study Fuerteventura’s carrying capacity and to steer its growth, alongside resolutions on health, waste, security, dependency and innovation.

The Majorera‑Canary Coalition Assembly (AM‑CC) has placed the need to define the island’s carrying capacity at the heart of the Canary Nationality debate. The goal is to curb over‑tourism, orderly manage development, and reconcile tourism activity with territorial conservation and quality of life.

According to an AM‑CC press release, a key resolution promoted by deputies Mario Cabrera, Natalia Évora and Jana González proposes that each island’s carrying capacity become a central, cross‑cutting criterion for public and private decision‑making, forming part of a new sustainable‑development strategy.

The group stresses that the proposal aims to address the demographic surge and tourism pressure that Fuerteventura is experiencing. In this context, Mario Cabrera praised the fact that Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo raised the situation of islands like Fuerteventura during the debate.

“The growth we have been experiencing in recent years forces us to reopen this debate with seriousness and responsibility. We must analyse what Fuerteventura’s carrying capacity is in order to guarantee that the island can continue developing its main industry—tourism—without losing our identity, without degrading the landscape, and ensuring a better redistribution of wealth,” Cabrera said.

Cabrera recalled that the organization has defended territorial‑protection measures for decades, citing the ban on building tourist establishments in the Saladar de Jandía and the removal of 55,000 new accommodation places in 2007. He added that the current proposal seeks to determine, “with rigor,” the island’s true carrying capacity so that political decisions rest on objective criteria and expert knowledge.

During one of the parliamentary debate sessions, Cabildo President Lola García and Mayor of La Oliva Isaí Blanco also attended. García emphasized that the regional executive should place the demographic challenge at the centre of political discussion and noted that both the Cabildo and the FECAI have been demanding a carrying‑capacity analysis to guarantee infrastructure, services and quality of life. “Fuerteventura cannot keep growing at the same pace as before,” she asserted.

The press release also includes statements from Territorial Policy and Cohesion Minister Manuel Miranda, who acknowledged the need to study the island’s demographic situation, and from Mayor Isaí Blanco, who reiterated the urgency of measures against uncontrolled growth. These positions were supported by President Clavijo and Canary Nationalist Group spokesperson José Miguel Barragán, who advocated island‑specific planning tools and a more sustainable, regenerative tourism model focused on quality rather than quantity.

Other Resolutions for Fuerteventura

In addition to the demographic and territorial issue, AM‑CC highlighted several other resolutions approved that affect Fuerteventura:

• Health: Prioritise hospital care, reduce waiting lists, strengthen primary care, develop the CAE of La Lajita, and improve medical transport with sanitised ambulances.
• Innovation & Economic Development: Back the potential of the Fuerteventura Technological Park.
• Waste Management & Energy Transition: Amend the PIRCAN to incorporate waste valorisation, promote material recovery and reinforce the circular economy, linked to the second edition of “Fuerteventura Needs You.”
• Security: Support the deployment of the Canary Police across all islands, especially the establishment of a police station in La Lajita. Also, call on the State and veterinary colleges to guarantee 24‑hour emergency veterinary services, using a model similar to on‑call pharmacies.
• Social Welfare & Dependency: Expand real services for the elderly and dependent persons, draft the III Sociosanitary Infrastructure Plan, and accredit professionals and entities for personal autonomy promotion—crucial for Fuerteventura given the scarcity of service providers in certain areas.
• Additional Measures:
  • Completion of the Canary Citizenship Income.
  • Strengthening social‑integration programmes.
  • New financing formulas for the dependency system.
  • Consolidation of the network for victims of gender and vicarious violence.
  • Promotion of the Comprehensive Youth Plan and the Canary Immigration Plan.
  • Facilitate participation of non‑capital island seniors in IMSERSO travel programmes.

These resolutions collectively aim to shape a more balanced, sustainable future for Fuerteventura, aligning tourism growth with environmental stewardship and residents’ well‑being.