#SPAIN: Vox Party Demands Deportations Of Moroccans Increase

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Spain's anti-immigration Vox Party has accused Spain’s government of “discriminating against Spaniards” because of its inability to deport Moroccan and Algerian irregular migrants.

“We demand that this illegal immigration, which has become genuine discrimination against Spaniards, be stopped,” declared Vox President Santiago Abascal.

The Spanish politician made the statement in a populist speech on December 5 during a visit to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

Spain's Socialist government has actually increase deportations as pressure mounts on it to take action against what many call a migration crisis in the country.

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#SPAIN: Socialists Win Re-Election; Populist Vox Party Makes Huge Gains

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Spain’s ruling Socialist Party will announce its plan to break the political deadlock “as soon as possible” after winning the country’s fourth general election in as many years but once again failing to secure a majority.

In the poll on Sunday, the populist Vox Party moved into third place as the conservative People’s party (PP) rallied and the center-right Citizens party endured a humiliating collapse.

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#SPAIN: Socialists Retain Power, But Rightist Vox Party Makes Huge Gains

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As expected, Spain's ruling socialist Party and its leader, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, won the most seats in the country's parliamentary election Sunday but must seek support from smaller parties in order to stay in power, which they expected to do, easily.

The election's real story is the anti-migrant right-leaning Vox Party was set to enter the lower house of Parliament for the first time with about 10% of the vote, which Will give it 24 seats.

The new nationalist party burst onto the scene this year, dramatically increasing its vote over the previous election's tally. In 2016, 47,182 people voted for Vox. In 2019, the figure increased to 2,673,828.

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#SPAIN: Conservatives Take Control Of Andalusia, Formerly A Solid Bastion Of Socialism

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With the backing of the right-leaning Vox Party and center-right Ciudadanos Party, the candidate of Spain's mainstream conservative Popular Party, Juan Manuel Moreno, was invested as the head of the regional government in Andalusia, a former Socialist bastion.The Socialists had ruled Andalusia in the country's deep south for 36 years before last month's regional elections tipped the balance rightwards. 

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#SPAIN: Populist, Anti-Migration "Vox" Party Wins 12 Seats In Andalucia, Alarming Spain's Left

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The populist, anti-migration Vox Party took 12 seats in the Andalucían regional election Sunday, alarming Spain's Left. The small, increasingly vocal party, which opposes Catalan independence and has vowed to crack down on immigration and abortion, exceeded all predictions and could now hold the key to the formation of the next government of the populous southern region, since the winning Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party did not win enough seats (30 of the 55 required) to form a majority in parliament, even in coalition with another party affiliated with the Left-leaning Podemos Party.

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Pictured: Vox leader Santiago Abascal

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