Spanish party leader in Budapest: his govt refuses to protect the borders against the migrants
The supporters of European federalism, including the head of the Spanish government, refuse to protect the borders of Europe, Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain’s VOX party, told public news channel M1 on Friday.
The opposition right-wing politician visiting Hungary said that Pedro Sanchez, the left-wing Spanish prime minister, believes 250,000 new migrants are needed annually for his country’s pension system to be maintained.
Abascal said that at the same time,
Abascal said that at the same time,
Spain has the highest unemployment rate in Europe.
Commenting on his meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday, he said VOX had admiration and respect for ruling Fidesz and Orban for the courage taken to protect Hungary’s borders despite “international media attacks”.
Abascal said that Hungary serves as a model not only in terms of migration but also in family policy.
“It is also in Spain’s interest that have more Spanish children born because they will later have families and there will be no need to take in migrants to keep the economy going”, the VOX leader said.
Source: MTI
On the other hand, about a week ago Spain showed that it means business with illegal migrants and are prepared to expel them without going through usual procedures.
“Around two-thirds of the roughly 8,000 migrants who made it to Ceuta, including unaccompanied children, have been expelled, Spanish authorities say” Source: Reuters. Contrary to what Abascal has been saying to Orbán, Spain is not a soft touch for illegal immigrants. With regard to unemployment is Spain, he is correct that it is high – pre covid it was around 14%, covid has added another 3% but that is expected to be temporary. Of the unemployed the greater proportion is in the younger / youth population. Yet Spain has armies of non EU legal migrants coming and going each year to do the fruit and vegetable picking and packing upon which the economy heavily relies. In Almeira alone there are some 10,000 such migrant workers. Just as in the UK last year when covid prevented the regular migrant farm workers from travelling (they are still permitted post Brexit under special rules, by the way) and the government called for furloughed people to fill the positions -the pay is not bad in the UK at around 4,2000 huf an hour or more plus free accommodation – but it is very hard work), the nationals simply do not want to that work. Neither in the UK nor in Spain. But of course, the reality win the ground with regard to both illegal migrants and unemployment don’t fit in neatly with a press soundbite.
Government projects have no bidding. Projects just go directly to a supplier, WHO happens to be a friend, father, son, nephew, etc of a highly placed government official. The party is known to have members linked to shell companies. Companies registered somewhere but aren’t really companies just fronts to receive money.
So the Hungarian people have been systematically robbed for the last 10 years
And they don’t know it.
Is that something to be proud of?