Spain votes amid right-wing hopes of a conservative wave
Washington PostAPR 2023
Spaniards have sent a resounding message to neofascist groups at home and across the continent by denying Vox's xenophobic members, and their conservative allies of the Popular Party, a majority in parliament. Though this battle is won the war isn't over, and it will take all of the centrists and progressives to fight this threatening trend and promote social and economic policies to improve living standards.
Whether deliberately or honestly, the mainstream English-language media has misrepresented nationalist movements — whose popularity is on the rise across Europe — by depicting them as evil fascists assaulting minorities. In fact, they are center-right by US standards. All the parties in this Spanish bloc are doing is advocating common sense and cultural self-defense in a world being shaken up by globalism.