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| Subject: Excellent: A Far-Right Party in Spain Emerges as a Force in Regional Elections, Dealing a Blow to the Socialists Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:21 am | |
| Spain’s Socialists suffered a setback in regional elections in the country’s south Sunday, the first electoral test for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s party since he took power in June.
The blow to the Socialists contrasted with the eruption of the anti-immigrant, extreme right Vox party, which claimed 12 seats in the 109-member regional parliament of Andalusia. Vox had not previously held any seats in any legislative body in Spain since its founding four years ago, and now it has the key to forming a government in Spain’s most populated region.
“Now is the moment to say loud and clear who we are and that we have come to stay,” Vox candidate told a crowd of supporters who chanted “Spain! Spain! Spain!”
Andalusia has been a Socialist bastion for 36 years, but the party could lose control of the government if parties on the right join forces to oust regional leader Susana Diaz, though that would require that they join forces with Vox.
http://time.com/5469026/spain-vox-elections-far-right-andalusia/
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