Diego Solier

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solier and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Diego Solier Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo soˈljeɾ]; born 26 April 1980)[1] is a Spanish politician who was elected to the European Parliament in 2024 as a member of the party Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF). Prior to his election, he worked in information technology for corporations in Spain and Ireland.

Early life and business career

Various media outlets reported that little was known of Solier before his election to the European Parliament, similar to Nora Junco who was also elected on the Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF) list.[2][3][4][5] He was born in Valencia[3] and qualified as a systems engineer at the Technical University of Valencia, where he also obtained a Master of Business Administration.[6]

Solier worked for several years in Dublin for Trinity Biotech, the Irish Medicines Board and Irish Continental Group. From 2012 to 2018, he was the head of IT systems for The Walt Disney Company in the Iberian Peninsula before moving to Attindas, a company that mostly sells nappies. According to his LinkedIn profile, he was employed at the company when he was elected.[6]

Despite a professional background in the pharmaceutical industry, Solier published anti-vaccine posts.[6] He praised Vox politicians Santiago Abascal and Javier Ortega Smith, as well as Isabel Díaz Ayuso of the People's Party, whom he wanted to be the next prime minister of Spain.[6] He also wrote statements supportive of foreign politicians Donald Trump, Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele.[6]

Political career

Solier did not campaign during the 2024 European Parliament election in Spain, in which he ran second on the SALF list, which had three members elected. He only met party leader and founder Alvise Pérez days before the election.[6] Solier was aware of Pérez through his online personality and supported his aim of opposing corruption.[7]

In December 2024, Junco and Solier were admitted to the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) in the European Parliament, while Pérez remained in the non-attached members, having also applied for the ECR.[8] By June 2025, the pair had severed their links with Pérez and SALF.[7] In October 2025, the Supreme Court of Spain opened an investigation into the alleged harassment and disclosure of private information by Pérez against Junco and Solier.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Diego SOLIER". European Parliament. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Valero, Dani; Marti, Rafa (12 June 2024). "Diego Solier, el 2 de Alvise: el informático antivacunas que pasó de Disney a una multinacional de pañales". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b Ortega, Nacho (10 June 2024). "Los 5 eurodiputados valencianos: el desconocido número 2 de Alvise eclipsa a cuatro pesos pesados" [The 5 Valencian Members of the European Parliament: Alvise's unknown number 2 eclipses four heavyweights]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  4. ^ "¿Qué sabemos de los otros diputados que acompañarán a Alvise Pérez en el Parlamento Europeo?" [What do we know about the other deputies who will accompany Alvise Pérez in the European Parliament?] (in Spanish). LaSexta. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  5. ^ Giménez, Miguel (9 June 2024). "Dos mujeres socialistas y tres hombres, uno del PP, otro de Compromís-Sumar y un desconocido con Alvise: estos son los cinco eurodiputados valencianos" [Two Socialist women and three men, one from the PP, another from Compromís-Sumar and an unknown with Alvise: these are the five Valencian Members of the European Parliament]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Ruiz Anderson, Roberto (12 June 2024). "De Disney a Se Acabó la Fiesta: quién es Diego Solier, el número dos de Alvise Pérez" [From Disney to Se Acabó la Fiesta: who is Diego Solier, Alvise Pérez's number two]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b Matellano, Paloma H. (15 June 2025). "Solier y Junco, los eurodiputados que concurrieron por Se Acabó La Fiesta: "Nunca fuimos propiedad de Alvise; le pedimos un ideario y no se quiso poner"" [Solier and Junco, the MEPs who ran for Se Acabó La Fiesta: "We were never property of Alvise; we asked him for a statement of principles and he refused to provide one"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  8. ^ Soler, Paula (18 December 2024). "Two anti-establishment Spanish MEPs join right-wing ECR group". Euronews. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  9. ^ "El Supremo abre causa a Alvise por revelación de secretos y acoso contra dos eurodiputados de su partido" [Supreme Court opens case against Alvise for revealing secrets and harassment of two MEPs from his party] (in Spanish). RTVE. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.