Save Europe in Barcelona: the interview rattling Spain's right

Save Europe in Barcelona: Gasca's interview sparks conspiracy theories

Pablo Gasca's interview at the Save Europe Act event in Barcelona has rattled more than one sector of the right. Not because of what the man said, but because of what his mere presence suggests: a manoeuvre, a firewall, or simply another name on the long list of agitators parading through the alternative scene.

The 'submarine' resurfaces

For the most sceptical, Gasca is nothing more than the latest 'submarine' designed to drain oxygen from Vox in Catalonia. The recurring argument: every time Vox rises in the polls, a new figure emerges seeking to occupy the same space. The comparison with Pablo Iglesias, whom some see as a professional agitator, served to round off the thesis.

Two opposing antiestéticars about Europe

While some see in this kind of event a further step towards an extremism they do not hesitate to call national socialist in Spain and Europe, others denounce that the European Union is heading towards kleptocracy and totalitarianism. The discussion thus becomes a clash of mirrors: each side projects its own nightmare onto the other.

The background noise that drowns out criticism

Not all of the debate held up. Some tried to discredit Save Europe by invoking alleged connections with figures such as Orbán or Zemmour and insinuations about its funding. That stretch of the discussion, with markedly anti-Semitic allusions, ended up turning the conversation into a quagmire where political analysis was conspicuously absent.

The detail that unsettles: in barely ten interventions, not a single sentence from the interview was quoted. All the noise revolves around who Gasca is, who put him there and with what money. The content, as usual in these skirmishes, was the least of it.