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The international alliances of the Spanish far right

Spain’s far right has lagged behind its counterparts in other European countries in gaining a foothold in Spanish political institutions. After the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, far-right platforms experienced failure after failure, and only starting in 2011 did they begin to gain representation in small town councils. Academics like Xavier Casals described this anomaly as an 'absent presence', meaning that the extreme right existed with a subset of voters, but these were mostly encompassed within the main conservative party, the Popular Party (PP). It was only in 2018 that Vox burst onto the scene and into several institutions, first in Andalusia and later across Spain.
The Spanish far right mobilizes against the new progressive coalition government

In October 2023, the Spanish extreme right saw its biggest popular mobilizations for years, coinciding with the pacts between social democrats and pro-independence parties to give the Spanish presidency to Pedro Sánchez, the candidate of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Vox's Public Policy

After the extreme right-wing party Vox entered the regional government of Castilla y León alongside the conservative Partido Popular (PP) in April 2022, the party gained more representation in the local and regional elections of 28 May 2023, allowing the PP-VOX coalition to be replicated in other autonomous communities previously run by progressive coalition governments. This has been the case in Extremadura, Aragon, Valencia and the Balearic Islands. Vox also entered the government of Murcia, until that time governed solely by the PP. Are the Spanish regional governments becoming laboratories for far-right public policies?
What Can the Left Learn from the Spanish Elections?

The PSOE and Sumar have not developed a discourse whereby the “social” issues of the left-wing urban bourgeoisie are set against the social issues of the working classes. On the contrary, they have taken responsibility for their choices in the face of the right-wing offensive. They have continued to defend progressive values while stressing the importance of putting in place ambitious social measures, and this has in no way affected their electoral results among the working classes.
The Spanish far-right's strategies to oppose women's rights and social advances

The struggle for women's rights has always generated reactionary waves from all those who refuse to question their privileges, relinquish power and unsettle the patriarchal structures on which capitalism is based. The far right, intent on reversing social policies and agreements on human rights as well as halting any progress being made, has put into action a whole raft of strategies being implemented across the globe.

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