Before Sunday, Spain had stood out as an exception to the far-right wave that has been showing strength across Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Reconquista [reconquest] is starting in Andalusia and will spread to the rest of Spain,\u201d tweeted the Vox party on Sunday night after the results were called, referring to the historical period in which Christians gained control of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslims.<\/p>\n
The Socialist Party had run Andalusia for 36 years uninterrupted, but on Sunday they lost their majority. A right-wing coalition is a likely outcome.<\/p>\n
Marine Le Pen of France\u2019s surging far-right party sent her \u201cwarmest congratulations\u201d to Vox, tweeting: \u201cThey have achieved a significant result for a young and dynamic movement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vox\u2019s nationalist platform fiercely opposes Catalan independence, vows to fight corruption, and calls for more deportations and a massive wall to be built on Spain\u2019s southern borders.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn immigrant from a Spanish-speaking American country\u2026 is not the same as immigration from Islamic countries,\u201d said Vox leader Santiago Abascal earlier this year in the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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