Santiago Abascal Vox party leader (Image: GETTY)
The countries ruling socialists won the most votes but fell short of a majority in Sunday’s snap general election. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned the electorate not to vote for Vox in the European Elections in a series of tweets last Thursday. He said: “No one thought that Trump would be president in the US, nor Bolsonaro in Brazil.”
He added: “And people reckoned Brexit wouldn’t happen either.
“A vote for the PSOE (Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Workers’ party) is the difference between a Spain that looks towards the future and a Spain that slides back 40 years.
“No one should stay home on Sunday!”
Vox performed slightly below expectations, but has still managed to become the first far-right grouping to win more than a single seat in congress since Spain returned to democracy after the death of General Franco in 1975.
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