The 15 best quotes and reflections of Jordi Évole

This brilliant journalist knows how to portray the putrid Spanish political panorama like no one else.

Jordi Évoleborn in 1974 in Cornellà (Barcelona), is a well-known face in Spanish television. Comedian, scriptwriter and presenter, Évole began his television adventure as a scriptwriter in the different late-shows hosted by Andreu Buenafuente.

With his mythical character "El Follonero" he made his debut in front of the cameras.being one of the most acid and irreverent humorists of the television scene at the beginning of the century.

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Great phrases and reflections of Jordi Évole.

After the stage as a humorist, Jordi Évole began a new career in the program "Salvados", of the Spanish channel "LaSexta". Completely changing register, Évole has established himself as one of the most skilled and incisive journalists.

In addition, his commitment to the disadvantaged and social injustices have made him one of the most followed journalists by the public. In today's article we want to highlight this interesting communicative figure through the best quotes of Jordi Évole.

1. Just to see that square full and put a grain of sand against the #EstrategiaDelSilencio has been worth dedicating to this profession.

In reference to the protests over the Valencia subway accident, which was silenced by the Valencian government authorities. Finally, thanks in part to Évole, justice was done and those responsible were brought to justice.

2. Between all of us, we have turned politics into a steamroller of illusions. And that leads us to mediocrity.

A reflection on the gray Spanish political panorama.

3. A former president of FC Barcelona arrested for money laundering... Corruption knows no color.

An ironic pun he tweeted after the arrest of Sandro Rosell, former president of FC Barcelona.

4. Today in #SalvadosCastor we ask: Does the State organize public tenders so that who has to win wins?

About corruption in the concession of state investments to certain companies in the infrastructure sector, after the controversial Castor Case.

5. Censorship is always linked to economic power.

During a radio interview, Jordi Évole highlighted the capacity of the establishment to silence opinions or news unfavorable to its interests.

6. If Doñana were in another country, we would be dying to visit it. We would have it mythologized. We are like that...

About the Spanish natural park, and the way in which Spaniards despise our natural resources.

7. We have laughed at few politicians as much as at Mariano Rajoy. And there he continues, moving like few others on the wire. Or without moving...

A brutal and ironic commentary extracted from one of his columns in El Periódico.

8. Corruption ends up being installed in power, no matter if it is a republic or a monarchy.

A statement he made for Público.

9. If Jesús Quintero interviewed prisoners now as he did in the 90's... 2 or 3 groups would get angry at him every week... That's how we are doing...

About political correctness and the prudishness of the current Spanish society.

10. They say we are in the final phase. I don't believe it... I will end my days living informatively with the Procés.

With a touch of irony, he criticizes the fact that the political process of independence in Catalonia is dragging on for years and years without advancing one millimeter.

11. The problem we have in Spain, ignoring the fate of refugees and not giving them shelter in our country, is not a problem of competences... it is a problem of incompetence.

Faced with the poor justification of the Government of the Generalitat when it comes to taking in Syrian refugees, claiming that this competence belongs to the Spanish State, Évole left this tenacious criticism of politicians who wash their hands of the problem by taking refuge in a more than dubious legal formality.

12. When will the creation of the figure of the Pro-Corruption Prosecutor be created?

Faced with the avalanche of cases of high-ranking state officials directly and indirectly involved in cases of corruption and influence peddling, Évole tweeted this wonder in the form of sarcasm.

13. What time is the burial of the "Separation of Powers"?

Very much along the lines of the previous one.

14. Salvados returns this Sunday with the oldest prisoner in Spain... and believe it or not, he is not a politician... Incredible, isn't it?

As a way of promoting the interview with Montes Neira, Jordi Évole posed this irony of the Spanish judicial system.

15. -What do you think when you hear politicians saying that measures are already being taken to fight corruption?

-Smile

A question and an answer that perfectly summarizes the state of things in Évole's native country.