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Last month, after Spain governor Far-right parties crushed the left in the local elections Elchea small town in the southeast, signed an agreement with consequences for the future Spain – and the rest of Europe. The candidate from the conservative People’s Party got a chance to govern, but he needed the hard-right Vox party, which, in exchange for his support during the council vote, received the post of deputy mayor and a new governing body in defense of the traditional family.
“This coalition model can be a good model for the whole of Spain,” said Pablo Rose Villanueva, the new mayor of Elche, referring to the upcoming national elections on July 23, which most polls indicate will unseat liberal Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party. . Vox’s new deputy mayor, Aurora Rudel Martinez, went further: “My party will do whatever is necessary to make it happen.” If Rudel’s wish comes true, with Vox joining a coalition with more moderate conservatives, it will become the first right-wing party since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to enter the national government.
The rise of Vox is part of a growing trend of far-right parties growing in popularity and, in some cases, gaining power by entering governments as junior partners. There are differences between the parties, but they fear the economic repercussions of globalization and that their countries will lose their national identities due to immigration and an empowered European Union that they believe only cares about the elites. Some argue hard right It needs to be sidelined, as it was for more than half a century after World War II. Others fear that the hard right has become too big to ignore and that the only option is to bring them under government in the hope of normalizing them.
In Sweden, the government now relies on parliamentary votes for a party that has neo-Nazi roots and has given it some influence in policymaking. In Finland, where the right has surged into the ruling coalition, the nationalist Finnish party has risked destabilizing it, with a key minister from that far-right party resigning last month after he was found to have made “Heil Hitler” jokes. On Friday, the Dutch government of Mark Rutte, the conservative and longest-serving Dutch prime minister, collapsed because more centrist parties in his coalition viewed his efforts to curb immigration as too harsh. Rota had to guard his right wing from the rise of the populists and a long standing hard right party. In Italy, the far right has taken power into its own hands. But so far, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who politically grew up in parties born from the ashes of fascism and a close ally of Spain’s Vox, has ruled more moderately than many expected – reinforcing some analysts’ argument that the reality of governance could be a moderating force.
Elsewhere, far-right parties are flaring up in countries where they recently seemed contained. In France, the fringe party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen has become an established force as deep-rooted anger against President Macron explodes over issues such as changing pensions and integrating the country’s minorities.
And in Germany, where the right has long been taboo, economic uncertainty and a new rise in asylum-seeking arrivals have helped revive the far-right Alternative for Germany party. It is now the leading party in the formerly communist eastern states, according to polls, and is gaining popularity in the wealthier, more liberal West.
While far-right parties in different countries do not have identical proposals, they generally want to close the doors and cut off benefits to immigrants; hit the pause or reverse button when it comes to LGBTQ rights; and develop more protectionist trade policies. Some are suspicious of NATO and question climate change and the sending of weapons to Ukraine.
“This coalition model can be a good model for the whole of Spain,” said Pablo Rose Villanueva, the new mayor of Elche, referring to the upcoming national elections on July 23, which most polls indicate will unseat liberal Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party. . Vox’s new deputy mayor, Aurora Rudel Martinez, went further: “My party will do whatever is necessary to make it happen.” If Rudel’s wish comes true, with Vox joining a coalition with more moderate conservatives, it will become the first right-wing party since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to enter the national government.
The rise of Vox is part of a growing trend of far-right parties growing in popularity and, in some cases, gaining power by entering governments as junior partners. There are differences between the parties, but they fear the economic repercussions of globalization and that their countries will lose their national identities due to immigration and an empowered European Union that they believe only cares about the elites. Some argue hard right It needs to be sidelined, as it was for more than half a century after World War II. Others fear that the hard right has become too big to ignore and that the only option is to bring them under government in the hope of normalizing them.
In Sweden, the government now relies on parliamentary votes for a party that has neo-Nazi roots and has given it some influence in policymaking. In Finland, where the right has surged into the ruling coalition, the nationalist Finnish party has risked destabilizing it, with a key minister from that far-right party resigning last month after he was found to have made “Heil Hitler” jokes. On Friday, the Dutch government of Mark Rutte, the conservative and longest-serving Dutch prime minister, collapsed because more centrist parties in his coalition viewed his efforts to curb immigration as too harsh. Rota had to guard his right wing from the rise of the populists and a long standing hard right party. In Italy, the far right has taken power into its own hands. But so far, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who politically grew up in parties born from the ashes of fascism and a close ally of Spain’s Vox, has ruled more moderately than many expected – reinforcing some analysts’ argument that the reality of governance could be a moderating force.
Elsewhere, far-right parties are flaring up in countries where they recently seemed contained. In France, the fringe party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen has become an established force as deep-rooted anger against President Macron explodes over issues such as changing pensions and integrating the country’s minorities.
And in Germany, where the right has long been taboo, economic uncertainty and a new rise in asylum-seeking arrivals have helped revive the far-right Alternative for Germany party. It is now the leading party in the formerly communist eastern states, according to polls, and is gaining popularity in the wealthier, more liberal West.
While far-right parties in different countries do not have identical proposals, they generally want to close the doors and cut off benefits to immigrants; hit the pause or reverse button when it comes to LGBTQ rights; and develop more protectionist trade policies. Some are suspicious of NATO and question climate change and the sending of weapons to Ukraine.
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