The high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell condemned the words of Javier Milei during his speech at a Vox event.
He high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, condemned and rejected the “attacks” made this Sunday in Madrid by Javier Milei, against his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, And his wife, Begoña Gómez, whom he called “corrupt.”
“Attacks against relatives of political leaders have no place in our culture: we condemn and reject them, especially when they come from associates,” Borrell said in a message published on the social network X.
The head of European diplomacy defended that “respect in public debate” It is one of the “pillars of the EU”, along with “political freedom, prosperity and social cohesion based on fiscal redistribution”.
Javier Milei in Spain: speech against socialism
In an event organized by Vox this Sunday morning, Milei attacked the “damned and carcinogenic” socialism that “invites death”: “What a class of people screwed to power. Even when his wife is corrupt, he gets dirty and It takes five days to think about it,” he snapped, referring to Pedro Sánchez.
Borrell’s condemnation of these words comes shortly after this Sunday afternoon the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albaresannounced that it has called its ambassador in Buenos Aires, María Jesús Alonso, for consultations after Milei’s speech.
In an institutional appearance, Albares stated that he had spoken with Borrell, who told the minister that ““An attack of this caliber on a Member State is also an attack on the European Union as a whole.”
Albares asked Milei to give some “public apologies” for some words that he considers “very serious.” If they do not occur, he has announced that Spain will take the “appropriate measures” to defend its “sovereignty and dignity.”
The minister pointed out that the words of the Argentine president “they surpass any type of political and ideological difference” and “they are unprecedented in the history of international relations and even less in the history of relations between two countries and two peoples united by strong ties of brotherhood.”
“Mr. Milei, with his behavior, has brought relations between Spain and Argentina to their most serious moment in our recent history,” stated the minister, which has led the minister to call the Spanish ambassador in Buenos Aires for consultations. .
Source: Ambito
