Overview
- Santiago Abascal, speaking Thursday in Roquetas de Mar, called some irregular migrants “gentuza” and pledged immediate expulsions, also urging the loss of Spanish nationality for immigrants convicted of serious crimes.
- In Almuñécar earlier Thursday, he claimed Pedro Sánchez could even provoke an epidemic to distract from alleged corruption, describing government moves as smoke screens tied to the Koldo case.
- After days of personal slurs against the prime minister, including “mafioso” and “criminal,” Abascal said those words were definitions rather than insults.
- The Partido Popular publicly asked him to lower the tone, and he replied that the PP was defending Sánchez and buying the left’s frame.
- The sharpened message seeks to rally hardline voters before Andalusia’s May 17 election and could complicate any post‑vote deals between the PP and Vox as immigration and corruption claims dominate the campaign.