A far-right party won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, results in Andalusia’s election showed. “The Andalusians have made history… and got rid of 36 years of socialist rule,” said Vox leader Santiago Abascal. Its potential ally on the left Adelante Andalusia (Forward Andalusia) picked up only 17 seats, depriving the left of a majority, while the conservative Popular Party (PP) won 26 seats and the Ciudadanos liberals took 21 seats. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen sent “warm congratulations” in a tweet to her “Vox friends”. If it did win a seat in the next general election, it would be the first time a far-right party had had a presence in Spain’s lower house of parliament since 1982.

Source: Egypt Independent December 03, 2018 09:33 UTC