Another anti-immigration, nationalist party has cropped up in Europe, thanks to sentiments that are spreading as far and wide as the migrants themselves.
In Spain, 35-year-old social media influencer-turned politician Alvise Pérez officially launched the Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF) party, which translates to “the party’s over.” The European Parliament member commemorated the event in the presence of thousands of supporters. “At an event in Madrid on Sunday, Pérez rallied thousands of flag-waving supporters as he pledged to take on corruption, crime and the political establishment,” Spanish-language outlets reported.
SALF emphasizes Spanish nationalism, a reduction of taxes and government spending, general Euro-skepticism, and an end to destructive immigration policies that have ravaged civilized Europe. Pérez has called for stricter border security, and promised the biggest deportation plan in Spain’s recent history.
Spain, a country of nearly 49 million, has more than 7 million migrants. And those are just the official numbers. Some reports say migration increased by 82 percent from 2022 to 2023. And as with every other country facing this issue, the deluge of migrants has eroded the standard of living for the natives. It has worsened or created housing shortages and affordability problems; it has strained the healthcare system and diluted quality; and it has added to government spending, including in the form of “integration programs.” And, of course, it has led to increased crime, including sexual assault. “There are more and more illegal immigrants who we don’t know whether they are rapists,” Pérez said last year, echoing a complaint heard across the Continent.
The media has already slapped the “far-right” label on SALF. But Pérez is quick to dispel it as an erroneous stigma designed to blind people to what they really stand for. “We are not extremists. We are patriots fed up with political parties,” he said.
Pérez is also no fan of the European Union. On Sunday, he rightfully accused it of serving a globalist bureaucracy. But he also said — mistakenly — that the EU has betrayed its foundational principles. According to reports, Pérez “argued that the bloc routinely favored France and Germany over Spain and vowed to call a referendum on EU membership if Brussels failed to ‘respect’ the country.” This statement reflects the lack of understanding common among Europe’s rising nationalist coalition. Many still don’t realize that the societal destruction they are experiencing has been part of the EU’s agenda all along, not an unintended consequence. If it were unintended, why does the EU continue to support these policies? Pérez should support his country’s exit from the EU no matter what.
Last year, Pérez secured three seats in the European Parliament thanks to nearly 800,000 votes. The media paint him as a “confrontational” figure who uses “provocative rhetoric.” And it’s this style that has garnered him support with people who know that Spain’s political Establishment — as well as Europe’s — aren’t interested in the well-being of the general public.
In what seems to have become par for the course for nationalist figures, Pérez faces a series of legal troubles that are likely run-of-the-mill lawfare. “Spain’s Supreme Court has also opened four cases against him, including allegations of illegal financing and the harassment of two [members of the European Parliament] — Diego Solier and Nora Junco — who were elected under his banner but later split from his movement,” according to reports. He allegedly failed to declare a €100,000 cash payment from cryptocurrency entrepreneur Álvaro Romillo, and he’s gotten in trouble for making fun of political figures on social media.
Pérez has dismissed the allegations as persecution over the threat he poses to the Establishment and its corrupt system.
The Spaniard has social media to thank for his rise to notoriety. Euronews noted last year that he grew in popularity “by mobilizing the hundreds of thousands of followers he has accumulated on his Telegram and Instagram channels.” Ten years after Donald Trump broke the mainstream press’ hold over the narrative by speaking directly to the world via his then-favorite platform, Twitter, social media continues to propel the unapproved and uninitiated. Perhaps that’s why there are so many efforts by the EU and individual governments to control it.
The degree of influence SALF can build remains to be seen. But if what has happened with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Le Pen’s National Rally in France, and Germany’s AfD is any indication, this could be big.
The nationalistic awakening happening in Spain is part of a larger European trend. And at the center is migration, as Europeans have realized they are the target of a coordinated attack to destroy their cultures. As English author Paul Kingsnorth points out, a nation that loses its culture eventually dissolves. The goal of mass migration, which has been facilitated by the EU and the United Nations, is destruction of the nation-state. There is no other way to interpret this. The reason the globalists want to destroy these nations is because they have a replacement global government in the wings.
Pérez and the Spanish people had better get wise to this and, like the Brits, realize the answer is to leave the EU — not plead with it to live up to its “foundational” potential.