The anti-migrant, anti-feminist and eurosceptic Vox party won 12 seats on Sunday in the 109-member parliament of Andalusia, Spain’s most populated region and a bastion of the Socialists for the past 36 years. Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez (Paul White/AP)Those leaders on Monday began talks to form a regional government, which both parties said would include contacts with Vox. In a sharp contrast, Spain’s Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, tweeted on Monday that “my government will continue working on a regenerating and pro-European project for Spain”. That was the limit of the legislative term for Mr Sanchez, who toppled former conservative prime minister Mariano Rajoy in June with a no-confidence vote. A rally by the right wing Vox party in Madrid (AP)He also rejected the criticism from mainstream parties and media.

Source: Irish Independent December 03, 2018 17:15 UTC