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The most likely government to emerge - most analysts predict - will be a coalition including a hard-right nationalist party for the first time in Spain since the death of fascist dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.
More left-leaning Spaniards are frantically texting contacts, urging them to make sure to vote - despite the heat and it being holiday time for many - to “stop the fascists” in their tracks.The rhetoric this election season has been toxic, with voters becoming increasingly polarised.
It’s a fight over values, traditions and about what being Spanish should mean in 2023.
This kind of heated identity debate isn’t peculiar to Spain. Think of Italy, France, Brazil or the post-Trumpian debate in the US.
At EU HQ in Brussels, there are huge concerns about a resurgence of hard-right nationalist parties across Europe.
Vox can be considered far-LEFT in half of the countries. They are socialists compared to the Republicn party in the US. Even if they get a good result Spain will still be one of the leftiests countries in the world.
Literally every source I’ve looked at says it’s a far right party. GTFO with your bullshit.
It’s far-right in the Spanix context. Compared with Trump, Putin, Bolsonaro, Netanyahu, Erdogan… VOX are very soft. They will be socialists on that countries.
It’s inaccurate af. First of all, both Democrats and Republicans in the US are basically the same party with two colors that get voted by extremists of each spectrum. Second, Vox is definitely right-wing, but the “far-right fascist bigot” part can surely be questioned