SPAIN: FAR-RIGHT & POPULIST POLITICS
Rise of far-right and populist political movements in Spain, including parties such as Vox, Se Acabó La Fiesta (SALF) and their impact on the Spanish electoral landscape
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Vox takes over powers on unaccompanied migrant minors in three regions
EL PAÍSVox se hace ya con las competencias sobre los menores migrantes no acompañados en tres comunidades tras las cesiones del PP
Jun 6, 2026, 03:30 AM
Far-right Vox councillors assume decision-making power over unaccompanied foreign children and adolescents in three Spanish regions.
Junts Tests a New Identity in Manresa
EL PAÍSExperimento Manresa
Mar 17, 2026, 04:30 AM
The Catalan pro-independence party Junts is experimenting in Manresa with a delicate political balancing act: combining its traditional centre-right, law-and-order message inherited from the old Convergència with a new ideological varnish designed to compete against the far right. The exercise reveals internal tensions between the party's conservative roots and its electoral ambitions in a changing political landscape. Whether the two identities can coexist remains the central question of what analysts are calling the "Manresa experiment."