Rufián has not missed the opportunity to turn this issue into a new arrow against his political opponents. Esquerra's has taken advantage of it”classic of the summers of Spain” to commemorate the setbacks of Vox with the Gibraltar issue. And the fact is that “Gibraltar is not Spanish”, as Rufián has recalled, despite the initiatives of several members of Vox to claim this. From the ultra party they have congratulated them with 'La Roja' on social networks in this motto.
Rufián remembers Ortega Smith: “If he enters Gibraltar, he goes to jail”
“You know that summer has arrived in this country when the right, the far right or some fascist party says that Gibraltar is Spanish,” Rufián said from the congress podium. The ERC spokesman thus raised the eternal question of the British enclave on Spanish territory, which he recalled has not belonged to this country since then.300 years ago“After this Rufián remembered what happened to him Javier Ortega Smith when he pushed the claim to Gibraltar too far.
LONG LIVE SPAIN ALWAYS! 🇪🇸
Congratulations champions @SEFutbol!!!PS: SPANISH GIBRALTAR! 😉 pic.twitter.com/j410U9hBjV
— Javier Ortega Smith (@Ortega_Smith) July 14, 2024
Rufián denies the motto sung by the Eurocup champions in Cibeles: “Gibraltar is not Spanish, which it is For some fans it is dangerous that if they step on it, they'll go to jailThe spokesperson refers to the case of Ortega Smith, who in 2014 He was convicted on British soil for stealing a concrete block from Gibraltar waters. The Vox spokesman in Madrid City Council weighs a international arrest warrantsince he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the British colony.
Rufián attacks the far right with the Spanish team
Rufián's statements came into the middle of the debate, so that the president of the government, Pedro Sanchezaccount for the decisions taken at the European Councils of 17 and 27 June and until expose the fundamental lines of his democratic regeneration plan.
This was not the only thing the ERC spokesperson said about the recent victory of 'La Roja' at the 2024 European Championship. Rufián criticized that both Sánchez and 'the far right' have tried to 'appropriate' the victory in the 2024 European Championship for the team led by Luis de la Fuente. “We can sum it up very easily: it is the Catalans and Basques who create and finish and the Spaniards who benefit from that again.” Rufián said in his speech.
Outside of football, Gabriel Rufián also spoke about the Gag law. The ERC spokesperson predicted that there will be no withdrawal during this term of the said law, and described the agreement between the PSOE and Sumar to amend the norm as merely a 'make-up'.
