The centre-right People’s Party should win the election, but may need its help to govern
polls are very wrong, Spain’s opposition centre-right People’s Party will come first in the election on July 23rd, comfortably ahead of the governing Socialists. Vying for third and fourth are Vox and Sumar . Minnows—mostly regional parties, including some separatist ones—will make up the rest.
What is Vox? Its opponents call it fascist. Its leaders call this a boo-word used by leftists unable to answer its arguments. A party rally on July 20th in stiflingly hot and humid Murcia, a city in Spain’s south-east, provided a sense of what motivates its voters. The region gave Vox 29% of its votes in the election of November 2019, the party’s strongest result in Spain.
But asked to name their top concern, a number of those at the rally answered “security”. They quickly added that by that they meant controlling immigration. Vox leaders and voters say they support legal migrants—especially Latinos, who share Spain’s native language and majority religion and are eager to integrate. They say they oppose only illegal immigration, especially from the Arab world and Africa.
Regional elections on May 28th provided a hint of Mr Feijóo’s options. In Valencia and Extremadura, thehas struck pacts with Vox, the latter winning ministerial jobs and formal coalitions. But in other regions, including Murcia, thehas held out for a minority government alone, with Vox supporting it from the outside. Vox has refused. Murcia may be headed for new elections as a result.
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