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Abascal calls government the chief speculator in Spain's housing debate

His La Revuelta appearance moves from housing costs to immigration, gender-violence laws and a tense exchange over Gaza.

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ABASCAL | La entrevista a Santiago Abascal en 'La Revuelta' en cinco momentos | EL PAÍS

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0:00Broncano says Abascal's team arranged the studio audience's attendance to avoid political tensions.
1:37Abascal lists solidarity after October 7, Catalan independence and Ceuta and Melilla as subjects of his Israel meetings.
2:40Broncano challenges the omission of Palestinian civilian deaths; Abascal accuses Hamas of using human shields.
3:50Abascal argues that gender-violence laws encourage conflict between the sexes and can produce unjust arrests.
5:28Asked about housing and investment funds, Abascal blames the state and taxation for speculation.
7:06Abascal advocates immediate repatriation for irregular entrants and expulsion for foreign nationals who commit crimes.

Santiago Abascal's answer to a question about predatory property investors is to point at the government. In an appearance on La Revuelta, the leader of Spain's far-right Vox party argues that the state and its tax burden are the main speculators behind the country's housing difficulties.

Spain's newspaper EL PAÍS brings that exchange together with four other passages from David Broncano's interview on the public broadcaster RTVE. The edited highlights show a political discussion taking the place of the comedian's usual entertainment-led conversation.

On housing, Abascal turns the language of "vulture funds," investment funds associated with buying distressed assets, back on the state. He describes the government as the principal such fund, placing taxation at the center of his response rather than offering a detailed housing proposal in this excerpt.

He also defends immediate repatriation for people entering the country illegally and the expulsion of foreign nationals who commit crimes. In a separate exchange about violence against women, he argues that existing legislation is ineffective, encourages antagonism between the sexes and leads to false complaints or unjust arrests. Those are Abascal's criticisms of the laws, not findings established by the segment.

The sharpest foreign-policy exchange concerns his meetings with Israel. Abascal says he raised solidarity after the October 7 attacks, opposition to recognition of Catalan independence, and support for Ceuta and Melilla, Spain's cities on the North African coast.

Broncano challenges the absence of Palestinian civilian and child deaths from that account, describing Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide. Abascal responds by accusing Hamas of using people as human shields.

The compilation also preserves an unusual condition surrounding the interview: Broncano says Abascal's team arranged the studio audience's attendance to avoid political tensions. After leaving Madrid's Teatro Albéniz, Abascal described the encounter as a very serious debate rather than exactly an interview.