
A New Right-Wing Party in Spain?
The creation of a new party would further fragment Spain’s already fractured conservative bloc and hinder Spain’s shift to the right.
The creation of a new party would further fragment Spain’s already fractured conservative bloc and hinder Spain’s shift to the right.
“It is not about Left, Right, or Center, but about not remaining inactive as our institutions erode, our democracy deteriorates, and our state weakens,” asserted the manifesto, read out during the demonstration.
The annual protest to rally for politics in favour of rural areas has been going on for years, but this year’s demonstration brought out a record number of participants. Organisers, principally farmers and hunters associations, estimated that 400,000 people marched en masse through several of Madrid’s principal streets.
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.
Lack of unity on the issue of abuse of minors, and a lack of willingness to make investigations as comprehensive and thorough as possible, bespeaks a profound moral crisis.
The spotlighted conversations of the Spanish MEP reveal that the repeated attacks on Hungary and Poland are subject to a political consensus that makes them particularly easy targets. This becomes evident in respect to topics that are taboo in Brussels: everything that has to do with the Muslim presence in Europe.
The politically successful VOX is such a new beast that its full story is yet to be written, particularly in English. Thus, any attempt to understand it is a welcome contribution.