https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Polls suggest Spain's Popular Party will win the July 23rd general elections but will need far-right Vox to govern, a party that's proposed anti-immigration policies since its conception. https://www.thelocal.es/20220503/what-a-vox-government-could-mean-for-foreigners-in-spain Tue, 03 May 2022 11:16:10 +0200 what-a-vox-government-could-mean-for-foreigners-in-spain Tens of thousands of supporters from Spain's far-right Vox party demonstrated nationwide on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's leftist government. https://www.thelocal.es/20221128/far-right-vox-leads-mass-protests-against-spains-government Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:12:30 +0100 far-right-vox-leads-mass-protests-against-spains-government With the recent victory of Giorgia Meloni's far-right Fratelli d'Italia party in the Italian elections, what - if anything - does her win mean for Spain's 2023 general elections and the Spanish far right? https://www.thelocal.es/20220928/what-does-the-far-rights-victory-in-italy-mean-for-spain Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:05:09 +0200 what-does-the-far-rights-victory-in-italy-mean-for-spain Spain's far-right Vox party Tuesday was sworn in as part of a regional coalition government for the first time, with the prime minister calling it "very bad news" for democracy. https://www.thelocal.es/20220420/spains-far-right-vox-sworn-into-regional-government Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:58:55 +0200 spains-far-right-vox-sworn-into-regional-government Spain's Vox party on Thursday entered a regional government as part of a coalition agreement with the right-wing Popular Party (PP), the first time in Spain's democratic history that the far right will govern in a region. https://www.thelocal.es/20220310/confirmed-spains-far-right-enters-regional-government-for-first-time Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:28:40 +0100 confirmed-spains-far-right-enters-regional-government-for-first-time Spain's far-right party Vox is poised to enter a regional government for the first time after big election gains over the weekend, suggesting a blueprint for future power sharing nationally. https://www.thelocal.es/20220214/spains-far-right-vox-party-poised-to-enter-castilla-y-leon-government Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:55:26 +0100 spains-far-right-vox-party-poised-to-enter-castilla-y-leon-government Spain's far-right Vox party has proposed a bill in the Spanish Congress that would see citizenship through residency take 15 years instead of ten, a move reportedly targeting North African migrants but which would affect other foreigners. https://www.thelocal.es/20211112/far-right-vox-aim-to-toughen-spanish-nationality-laws Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:06:33 +0100 far-right-vox-aim-to-toughen-spanish-nationality-laws Spain's parliament rejected Thursday a no-confidence motion filed by the far-right Vox against the leftwing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. https://www.thelocal.es/20201022/spains-parliament-rejects-far-right-no-confidence-bid Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:50:56 +0200 spains-parliament-rejects-far-right-no-confidence-bid Spain's parliament on Wednesday began debating a no-confidence motion filed by the far-right Vox against the leftwing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. https://www.thelocal.es/20201021/explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-no-confidence-vote-filed-by-spains-far-right-vox Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:12:02 +0200 explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-no-confidence-vote-filed-by-spains-far-right-vox Spain's lower house of parliament was reportedly suspended on Tuesday after an MP from the far-right Vox party tested positive for the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.es/20200310/mp-from-spains-far-right-vox-party-tests-positive-to-coronavirus Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:22:16 +0100 mp-from-spains-far-right-vox-party-tests-positive-to-coronavirus Gibraltar's government on Wednesday launched a criminal complaint against four leaders of the Spanish far-right party Vox, accusing them of "inciting hatred" against the tiny British territory and its people. https://www.thelocal.es/20191219/gibraltar-files-complaint-against-spains-far-right Thu, 19 Dec 2019 11:06:10 +0100 gibraltar-files-complaint-against-spains-far-right Residents in Denia on Spain’s Costa Blanca are keen to track down the unknown hero who scaled a wall and climbed into a burning house to carry out a man trapped by flames. https://www.thelocal.es/20191209/thank-you-for-saving-my-life-disabled-man-message-to-hero-mi Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:43:30 +0100 thank-you-for-saving-my-life-disabled-man-message-to-hero-mi A residential centre housing immigrant minors was evacuated Wednesday after Madrid police found a hand-grenade in the grounds, just weeks after the far-right Vox vilified the venue during its election campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20191204/bomb-squad-called-in-after-grenade-thrown-at-migrant-childrens-centre-in-madrid Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:20:31 +0100 bomb-squad-called-in-after-grenade-thrown-at-migrant-childrens-centre-in-madrid Spain's new parliament met for its opening session Tuesday, with the far-right Vox as the third-largest party following a divisive election that failed to resolve years of political deadlock. https://www.thelocal.es/20191203/spain-swears-in-new-parliament Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:39:10 +0100 spain-swears-in-new-parliament Women across Spain took to the streets to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which was observed on Monday, November 25th. https://www.thelocal.es/20191126/in-pics-women-across-spain-took-to-the-streets-against-gender-violence-and-the-far-right Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:03:00 +0100 in-pics-women-across-spain-took-to-the-streets-against-gender-violence-and-the-far-right Two decades ago Ana Orantes gripped Spain when she recounted during a prime-time television interview the abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband for 40 years. https://www.thelocal.es/20191119/far-right-challenges-spains-fight-against-gender-violence Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:36:47 +0100 far-right-challenges-spains-fight-against-gender-violence The far-right wing party Vox won the largest share of the vote in the region of Murcia. Conor Patrick Faulkner examines what's behind the southern region's sudden lurch to the right. https://www.thelocal.es/20191114/analysis-what-made-murcia-vote-for-vox Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:16:54 +0100 analysis-what-made-murcia-vote-for-vox With its hard line against Catalan separatism, immigration and feminism, far-right party Vox was the big winner of Spain's repeat general election on Sunday, surging into third place. https://www.thelocal.es/20191111/vox-the-meteroric-rise-of-spains-far-right-party Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:53:10 +0100 vox-the-meteroric-rise-of-spains-far-right-party With his rallying cry of "Spaniards first" and untempered rage against those betraying the unity of Spain, Santiago Abascal has managed to turn the Catalan crisis into political capital that has fuelled the rise of his far-right Vox. https://www.thelocal.es/20191110/profile-vox-leader-santiago-abascal Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:40:23 +0100 profile-vox-leader-santiago-abascal Spain's political parties were on Friday wrapping-up a brief but intense campaign ahead of Sunday's general election, the fourth in as many years, with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez raising the alarm over the far-right Vox. https://www.thelocal.es/20191108/spain-pm-sounds-alarm-over-far-right-at-close-of-campaign Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:59:44 +0100 spain-pm-sounds-alarm-over-far-right-at-close-of-campaign