The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has qualified his controversial statements in an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarín, when he pointed out the possibility that the Spanish want to hang Pedro Sánchez by his feet. And he has done it in Rome, invited to speak at the ultra-conservative festival of her friend and ally Giorgia Meloni, where he has assured that he does not wish “anyone, not even a corrupt and a traitor, to be hanged by the feet". “It is something that disgusts me every time it has happened in history,” said the leader of the Spanish far-right from the box.
“I will not speak in Italian because they misunderstand me even when I speak in Spanish. Sometimes it doesn't matter what we say and the language we use because the sinister ('sinistra', left in Italian) will always manipulate our words and hide our truths," she said, at the beginning of a short speech.
"This week in Spain, the sinister media and politics have twisted my words to make a violent caricature and lynch me in the public square," he continued. "I know that this manipulation has reached Italy and I want to say that no, I do not wish anyone "Not even a corrupt person and a traitor should be hanged by their feet." On Tuesday, the leader of Vox had shown himself "delighted" that the PSOE is denouncing him, arguing that it is "an opportunity to repeat point by point." point our statements".
The controversy over Abascal's words evoking the death of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and his public exhibition in Milan's Loreto Square in 1945 with his lover Clara Petacci has also reached Italy, but Meloni decided to keep the invitation. It is the second time in a month that the Italian president hugs Abascal, after receiving him after the socialist president's inauguration to listen to his indignation over the amnesty law.
Abascal is one of the protagonists of the closing day of Atreju, the political festival of the Brothers of Italy that has been organized every year since 1998, inviting political allies and adversaries. Over the years they have ranged from Steve Bannon, the ideologue who helped Donald Trump reach the White House, to the Hungarian Viktor Orbán, but also opponents like Matteo Renzi, who spoke last Friday. The party was named after a character from The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, another writer who, like J.R.R. Tolkien was greatly liked by the young heirs of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement (MSI).
The international stars of this edition have been the tycoon Elon Musk and the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who participated yesterday. Musk, admired by populists around the world, held a meeting with Abascal, who, according to a Vox statement, conveyed to him "the importance of X for freedom of expression" and to "combat the ideological cancellation" of 'culture'. woke up'. For his part, the owner of Tesla or the social network which he found “very interesting.”
In his speech, one of the last before the Italian Prime Minister's closing speech, Abascal thanked Meloni for his "example" and his "friendship in difficult times for Spain." “We will not forget it,” he has promised, pointing out that now Rome is the place where “all hopes for a change of course in Europe” look. Meloni and Abascal have been helping each other for a long time. They are part of the same group in the European Parliament (that of the Conservatives and Reformists) and the Italian did not hesitate to send her support during the last Spanish general elections. Yesterday they sat together to applaud Musk.
