
Spain’s Wildfire Crisis Becomes a Political Battleground
Interior minister blames the regions, while the center-right accuses the government of reacting too late to the disaster.

Interior minister blames the regions, while the center-right accuses the government of reacting too late to the disaster.

For both parties,VOX and Partido Popular, governing together is a test for a new model for the Spanish Right.

The purpose of the center-Right in Spain is to flank the Left’s agenda, but the regional elections in Castilla y Leon have revealed that its electorate is no longer willing to go along with this.

The elections captured international headlines as a barometer for possible change in Spanish politics, marked by a turn to the Right and the increasing influence of dissatisfied rural voters.

VOX leader Abascal is framing the campaign in terms of what he calls “the great decision” of our age: “natalism or immigration.”