The crime against Vidal-Quadras and the striking absences in a Vox initiative in the EU

@ElentirENG ES 1·13·2024 · 7:03 0

This week we have had news about the investigation into the attempted murder of Alejo Vidal-Quadras, one of the founders of Vox.

The suspicious favor of the Sánchez govt to the criminal who shot Alejo Vidal-Quadras
El País's links with a regime allied with Iran and its filthy campaign against Alejo Vidal-Quadras after his assassination attempt

The government blocks the appearance of the shooter in a Europol file

As we saw here on Monday, the government of Pedro Sánchez has blocked the incorporation of the perpetrator of the crime into Europol's most wanted file, despite the fact that only two wanted by Spain appear in that file, while smaller countries contribute three. This issue has caused logical indignation in Vox, especially taking into account the Sánchez government's precedents of favors to all kinds of criminals, including terrorists.

Vox initiative in the EU for Europol to include that criminal in that file

This Friday, Vox announced that it has presented an initiative in the European Union to include the criminal who shot de Vidal-Quadras in Europol's most wanted list. "The main suspect, the Tunisian hitman Mehrez Ayari, remains unaccounted for, with a search and arrest warrant issued by the National Court, which is investigating these events", Vox points out. "However, Ayari does not appear on the most wanted lists of Europol and Interpol. As we learned this week, the government blocked his inclusion, giving priority, in the Spanish quota, to a 71-year-old man wanted for a murder that occurred in 2003."

28 MEPs from four groups have signed that petition

Given the attitude of the Sánchez government in this case, Vox spokesperson in the European Parliament, Jorge Buxadé, has led a joint letter joined by 28 MEPs, requesting the European Commissioner for Affairs of the Interior, Ylva Johansson, and the executive director of Europol, Catherine De Bolle, "to include the hitman on said list, crucial for the international search for fugitives."

The statement released yesterday by Vox highlights that those 28 signatory MEPs belong to four different parliamentary groups. The list is headed by the four Vox MEPs. But the most striking thing is the absences observed in this list. You can see below the names that appear on the list, along with their nationality, their party and their parliamentary group:

1. Jorge Buxadé. Spain / Vox / ECR.
2. Hermann Tertsch. Spain / Vox / ECR.
3. Margarita de la Pisa. Spain / Vox / ECR.
4. Mazaly Aguilar. Spain / Vox / ECR.
5. Ádám Kósa. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
6. Andor Deli. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
7. Andrea Bocskor. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
8. Balázs Hidvéghi. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
9. Cristian Terheș. Romania / Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat / ECR.
10. Dominik Tarczyński. Poland / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / ECR.
11. Edina Tóth. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
12. Emmanouíl Frágkos. Greece / Elliniki Lisi / ECR.
13. Enikő Győri. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
14. Éric Minardi. France / Rassemblement National / ID.
15. Ernő Schaller-Baross. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
16. Izabela Helena Kloc. Poland / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / ECR.
17. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski. Poland / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / ECR.
18. Jean-Paul Garraud. France / Rassemblement National / ID.
19. Kinga Gál. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
20. Ladislav Ilčić. Croatia / Hrvatski Suverenisti / ECR.
21. László Trócsányi. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
22. Lívia Járóka. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
23. Marie Dauchy. France / Rassemblement National / ID.
24. Milan Zver. Slovenia / Slovenska Demokratska Stranka / PPE.
25. Miriam Lexmann. Slovakia / Kresťanskodemokratické Hnutie / PPE.
26. Patricia Chagnon. France / Rassemblement National / ID.
27. Tamás Deutsch. Hungary / Fidesz / NI.
28. György Hölvényi. Hungary / Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt / PPE.

No signatories from the left or the Popular Party of Spain

It is surprising to note that this initiative has been supported by more MEPs from Hungary than from Spain and by as many French as Spanish MEPs. Reviewing the list we can see that no MEP from the left has signed. Neither Renew Europe, nor the socialists, nor the greens nor the communists.

Likewise, there are only three signatures from the European People's Party and none of those signatures are Spanish. The Popular Party of Spain (PP) has 13 MEPs in Brussels and none of them have signed this document. Let us remember that the PP was quick to condemn a piñata against Sánchez which has been denounced by the Spanish socialists, but when it comes to signing a petition to Europol to pursue the criminal who shot Vidal-Quadras, the PP does not appear.

This year there will be new European elections. When the PP comes out with its "useful vote" bait again, remember things like this.

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Photo: Libertad Digital.