The novice anti-immigration conservative party in Spain called Vox, has romped into the history books with the first success of a patriotic party in a regional election since Spain’s return to democracy in 1975. The result has shaken national politics ahead a busy electoral season and will yet again send a message to Brussels.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists were has now lost control of southern Andalusia, which it has governed for over three decades, after Vox took a surprise 12 seats in a regional election on Sunday, handing a majority to right-wing parties in Spain’s most populous region.
It was Sanchez’s first electoral test since taking office in June after winning a vote of no-confidence against the conservative Popular Party (PP) government of Mariano Rajoy over a corruption scandal.
Top-selling daily El Pais called
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