VOX
Apart from deciding who is eligible for financial compensation, the Law of Historical Memory from 2007 has been used to define how history is taught. Its trajectory will be accelerated with the Law of Democratic Memory of 2022.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
Rejecting the Franco-era state to this degree, however, implies rejecting the political reform that led to the current democratic constitution. Indeed, some analysts suspect this is partly the law’s intent.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
In Andalusia, VOX was not really working to expand its electorate. It simply reinforced its existing messaging, retained its basic brand, and preserved its core voter base. In this way, it hoped to secure a coalition with the PP and avoid “stealing” too many votes, which might have divided the Right in parliament.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
Margarita de la Pisa Carrión noted that the request to remove pro-life lobbyists was based on the assumption that abortion is a fundamental human right, though it has never been enshrined as such in European law.
Bridget Ryder —
Thousands of sub-Saharan African migrants, most of whom appeared to be military-aged males, stormed the land border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in the early hours of Friday morning, in what was the deadliest illegal border-crossing ever recorded at Melilla.
Robert Semonsen —
VOX won 14 seats, increasing its presence in the local government by two deputies, but seeing its influence diminished compared to the last regional parliament, and achieving results far from the hoped for 20 seats.
Bridget Ryder —
The war among Spanish conservatives is not merely being waged for the control of the Popular Party and even less for the control of the regional government of Madrid. It is a much broader conflict that affects all Western countries. Its outcome may help determine the shape of a new political and cultural Right. This conflict pits globalism against the nation state.
Juanma Badenas —
The common good is superior to the sum of individual goods; the nation is above the lobby; and truth, good, and beauty are those eternal values that, together with human dignity, represent the triumph of faith and reason.
Jorge Buxadé —
The manifesto is part of a general policy of raising awareness concerning Latin America’s dire political situation, and building a common front, partly through the Foro Madrid, a counterweight to the Sao Paulo Forum and Puebla Group.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
“All those millions of euros they’ve received from the government—Is it hush money?”—Solidaridad Secretary-General, Rodrigo Alonso
Carlos Perona Calvete —
I don’t like seeing the logos of multinational companies frivolously devaluing our faith and the traditions of thousands of Spaniards,” tweeted Jorge Buxadé of VOX.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
The more concessions the socialist-led government makes to Moroccan territorial pretensions, the more VOX promises a dramatic change in the country’s geopolitics should it enter a future coalition.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
In all, no fewer than 900 foreign observers travelled to Hungary, significantly more than in the previous election in 2018.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The anti-Spanish slant of the Agencia EFE tweet provoked a strong reaction from supporters of VOX on Twitter, as they called for Zelensky’s speech to the Spanish Parliament scheduled for Tuesday, April 5th, to be cancelled.
Bridget Ryder —
Despite the death threats, physical attacks, and the perpetual reel of smear campaigns carried out against them by the country’s liberal mainstream press, VOX’s support base continues to grow.
Robert Semonsen —
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.
Bridget Ryder —
The government, for its part, has accused truckers, fishermen, and other sectors currently organizing protests in Spain, of constituting an economic “boycott motivated by the extreme right.”
Carlos Perona Calvete —
For both parties,VOX and Partido Popular, governing together is a test for a new model for the Spanish Right.
Bridget Ryder —
Europe is immersed in an exercise of self-denial that will become self-destruction if a new course is not found.
Francisco José Contreras —
Proponents of unity based on imperial and religious ties must remind their opponents of the tremendous pluralism that existed within that imperial administration under which much of their continent was once united.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
By submitting a statement to be voted on in congress, VOX is forcing the ruling socialists to decide between agreeing that their government has a responsibility to secure the nation’s borders, and appeasing their radical coalition partners.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
“The situation is unsustainable and the bill will be paid by the humblest Spaniards, not by the powerful who have sold us out from their mansions with private security. It is urgent to adopt courageous measures to protect what is ours,” VOX MP Rocio De Meer declared.
Robert Semonsen —
Following a familiar pattern of violence and relative impunity, a group of students was assaulted recently during the Associations Fair at Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University. The students belonged to the S’ha Acabat! (“It’s Finished!”) society, a political youth group that describes itself as constitutionalist and opposes separatism. The group has since denounced the lack of reaction […]
Carlos Perona Calvete —
For the eighth consecutive year, births in Spain declined last year, bringing the number of newly born children to its lowest figure since the government began recording figures 80 years ago.
Robert Semonsen —
Over the weekend of February 18th, the Foro Madrid concluded its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia. An initiative of the “Fundación Disenso,” a think-tank set up by Spain’s VOX party, Foro Madrid brought together leaders from political parties and organizations throughout Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. Participants included ex-Peruvian Vice President Francisco Tudela, Colombian Senator […]
Carlos Perona Calvete —
President of Madrid Isabel Ayuso was secretly investigated by her party—supporters claim. Polls are predicting that the PP could lose as much as 25% of its votes to VOX due to its own internal strife.
Bridget Ryder, Carlos Perona Calvete —
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.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
“I am, under your criteria, considered to be anti-gender. Should I dis-activate myself, be eliminated from this hearing? I don’t think it seems to be very democratic in nature. Those who respect natural law are part of this society as well. We are pro-human dignity, pro-human beings, pro-human rights,” VOX MEP Margarita de la Pisa Carrión said at last week’s FEMM hearing.
Ellen Kryger Fantini —
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.
Bridget Ryder —
At the beginning of the next school year, Spanish children aged six and under who’re enrolled in public schools will be taught that gender—rather than a biological reality—is a social construct.
Robert Semonsen —
“Peaceful multiculturalism does not exist, cultures have been imposing themselves on each other since the beginning of time, and France is perhaps the best proof in our environment,” the VOX MP said.
Robert Semonsen —
VOX leader Abascal is framing the campaign in terms of what he calls “the great decision” of our age: “natalism or immigration.”
Carlos Perona Calvete —
By participating in the Madrid summit, Marine Le Pen looks to strengthen her international stature and to reinforce her relationships with her European allies; to use the platform as a way to gain legitimacy in the fight against Éric Zemmour.
Hélène de Lauzun —
The European continent’s foremost national-conservative leaders gathered over the weekend in the Spanish capital to further plans to form a unified, right-wing, anti-globalist alliance, which as the third-largest force in the European Parliament, would elevate the Right’s political clout to a degree not previously seen at the EU level.
Robert Semonsen —
Hosted by Spain’s VOX party leader Santiago Abascal, the Madrid Summit will see national-conservative party representatives from at least eleven countries gather to forge new friendships and strengthen old ones.
Robert Semonsen —
This year, celebrations of the taking of Granada have been repudiated by the establishment left, including a platform by the name of Granada Abierta, together with Podemos, who described them as an ode to cruelty and genocide. In contrast, VOX has called for the 2nd of January to be declared a national holiday.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
One can pour money into a village, but if there are simply no businesses on which to spend it, those who receive that money will quickly use it to buy goods and services at a nearby city. Similarly, politics can promote values, but if we lack the communal context in which to exercise these and in which these might be passed on, nothing will come of it. Like rain on concrete, it may get the ground wet, but nothing will grow.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
Must liberalism be leveled completely by the New Right, so that a new conservative edifice may emerge from its ruins? Or must the meaning of liberalism be reclaimed for the Right and from the historiographical distortions of the progressive Left? Haivry and Hazony, Deneen, and Legutko appear to answer in the affirmative. However, a compelling alternate view is offered by Spanish philosophy professor and politician Francisco José Contreras.
Kurt Hofer —
Spanish political life will polarize around those offering policies that have straightforwardly led to present difficulties, and those whose program has promised to drastically reduce a state whose regional level is notoriously hypertrophic and reindustrializing the country. VOX is the most obviously poised to take advantage of this.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
“Every day, the government sent police officers to scare us [as we held peaceful prayer vigils outside abortion clinics],” reported the Madrid coordinator of 40 Days for Life.
Bridget Ryder —
The ‘classical liberal’ emphasis on negative freedoms tends to appeal to older conservatives, perhaps because they assume that what they grew up with was the spontaneous, neutral state of things, ever ready to mushroom forth again, just as soon as things return to normal. Yet sometimes, finding one’s home means building it, and that might take a village.
Carlos Perona Calvete —
The critiques of postliberals are all useful correctives in this regard. Nonetheless, conservative scholars—and perhaps even more so conservative politicians—must beware the potential perils of embracing postliberalism as a term and concept.
Kurt Hofer —
Santiago Abascal, the leader of Spain’s national-conservative party VOX, met with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last week to establish a transatlantic front against the growing threat of communism and left-liberalism on the European and South American continents. During the visit, Abascal delivered a speech at the Deep Brazil Conference and met with President Bolsonaro along […]
Robert Semonsen —
Jorge Buxadé MEP, head of VOX’s Delegation in the European Parliament, has called for the immediate dismissal of Riccardo Simonetti from his role as the parliament’s ‘LGBTQ Ambassador,’ after Simonetti posed as a ‘transgender’ Virgin Mary.
Robert Semonsen —
Vox is not against Europe but is in favor of truly sovereign states within the framework of Europe. It will stand with others against the intolerant “European Taliban” of the Left: “We will reconstruct what they destroy and rebuild what they demolish.”
Alberto M. Fernandez —
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.
Alberto M. Fernandez —