It is always said that it is not necessary to share the same ideology to get along with someone. But, being realistic, with whom you know you are usually with those who see life similar to you. As always, there are exceptions, but the truth is that in Spain rarely seen public figures taking good if they belong to different matches.
That is why he has surprised so much what Arturo Pérez-Reverte has said about Gabriel Rufián. The Republican Esquerra spokesman for Catalonia, declared in an interview with 'El Huffpost' who considers Arturo Pérez -Reverte one of his professional referents and admitted that “it is an example for the profession.”

ERC spokesman Gabriel Rufián
In the interview, Rufián also wanted to highlight his career as a war correspondent in Sarajevo and Bosnia and his influence on younger generations of journalists. The Catalan deputy said that, Although he thinks very differently, Reverte recognizes his journalistic talent, since “it has been and remains a great influence.”
“I know we think differently. But I have always been able to abstract and value someone's talent, even if that person thinks differently to me.”Rufián points out in the interview with the Spanish media.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte
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Along the same lines, Esquerra's spokesman says that he knows that he should not be his favorite person, But although they have never met in person, they have ever greeted themselves through friends.
But to everyone's surprise, Pérez-Reverte has shared the interview in his X account, former Twitter, referring to Rufián as “a gentleman.” “Like a gentleman, Gabriel Rufián. The tone. There are things that are possible and this is one of them,” said the journalist.