MEPs Álvaro Solier and Nora Junco, who ran in the 2024 European Parliament elections as number two and three on the Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF) ticket, have this Thursday lashed out against the promoter of that electoral group, the political agitator Luis 'Alvise' Pérez. Of him, they have stated that "he carries lies in his DNA" and that he will finally "turn out to be more corrupt than the corrupt."
Solier and Junco disassociated themselves from 'Alvise' shortly after the elections, at the end of 2024, when they joined the Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, led by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The ECR left the agitator out, who was placed in the group of non-attached members of the European Parliament.
Since that breakup, the relationship between those who were running mates has completely deteriorated. In fact, Solier and Junco have filed a lawsuit against 'Alvise' for harassment. It is not the only legal front facing the SALF leader, who has five open cases. The most delicate investigates the alleged illegal financing of his party through 100,000 euros in cash delivered by a businessman linked to the cryptocurrency sector.
Born in the fight against corruption
In a meeting with journalists, Solier and Junco emphasize that they joined the project led by 'Alvise' because they perceived in it a battle against corruption and the will to "work for Spain." "The 'leitmotif' was to fight against corruption, that was what united us," Solier summarizes.
Both, the only Spanish MEPs integrated into Meloni's ECR after Vox's decision to align with Hungarian Viktor Orban, relate that their arrival at SALF occurred through different paths. Solier explains that he was contacted by a person from the technological field with whom he had coincided at Disney and who was already participating in the project. He learned that he would be number two on the SALF list "on a Sunday at 10:00 p.m."
Junco, for her part, met him during the recording of a podcast with his lawyers. "There I made contact with him and he started telling me that he wanted to run," she recounts. The MEP highlights the enthusiasm of those who attended the campaign events and sent them information about alleged nearby cases of corruption, so that 'Alvise's' "investigation team" could analyze them. However, she denounces that "they ended up in a corner in his house, he had no investigation team or anything, it's all a facade."
Both agree that the people who helped the agitator launch his political project no longer accompany him, something they attribute to his "volatile, unmanageable" character, according to the MEP. "Those who made this happen are no longer here, 'Alvise' was just the loudspeaker, but when they realized (what he was like) they distanced themselves," Solier points out. "If you start counting the dead he has left behind, you don't stop," she adds.
"The problem with 'Alvise' is that today he tells you 'A' and tomorrow 'B' or 'Z'. If he had told me that he carries lies in his DNA and that he lies more than he speaks, I would not have approached him," insists the MEP.
Given this situation, they concluded that it was unfeasible to continue working with him. "The values with which we started were not homogeneous in SALF, but we are in the same place where we were, it is others who deviate for interests," explains Solier. "Our names were linked to this man, so we had to leave as soon as possible," adds her colleague. And, in view of the case for alleged irregular financing, she concludes: "We came here for the fight against corruption and it turns out you are the most corrupt of the corrupt."
Parliamentary work or just squawking and recording videos
Within the ECR group, Solier handles files related to industry, technology, research, and innovation, while Junco is part of the Fisheries Committee and also deals with environmental and housing issues.
Both claim the relevance of integrating into a parliamentary group versus remaining as non-attached, as is the case with 'Alvise', since this allows access to resources and tools to intervene in legislative activity, for example, by participating in electoral missions. "Just squawking and making noise, either you are in a group or your daily work is making videos," they agree.
They declare themselves fully identified with the principles of the ECR, but, as Spanish representatives, they highlight the good rapport and cooperation they maintain with the PP, integrated into the European People's Party (EPP), and with Vox, which is part of the Patriots group promoted by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
"We are similar, in the end we are a conservative center-right and we collaborate with them," summarizes Solier, who places both "in the middle" of the two spaces. In general terms, they advocate for protecting agriculture, fishing, and livestock farming, reducing bureaucracy, betting on nuclear energy, safeguarding the use of cash, and defending that the family "is the center" of society.
Looking to the future, Solier, a computer engineer, and Junco, a professional in advertising and marketing, do not rule out running again in the European elections, as long as they perceive that their work is "useful" for Spanish society. Otherwise, they agree that they would have no problem returning to their previous occupations. "Since we are not career politicians, we have that freedom," concludes Junco.