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Spain’s conservative populist party, Vox, more than doubled its seats in parliament after winning 3.6 million votes in general elections held on November 10. It is now the third-largest party in Spain.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Spain: Surge in Support for Conservative Populists<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | November 20, 2019<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s populist party, Vox, more than doubled its seats in parliament after winning 3.6 million votes in general elections held on November 10. The fast-rising conservative party, which entered parliament for the first time only eight months ago, is now the third-largest party in Spain.<\/p>\n

Vox leaders campaigned on a \u201ctraditional values\u201d platform of law and order, love of country and a hardline approach to anti-constitutional separatists in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia.<\/p>\n

Vox\u2019s meteoric rise is a direct result of the political vacuum created by the mainstream center-right Popular Party, which in recent years has drifted to the left on a raft of domestic and foreign policy issues, including<\/a> that of uncontrolled mass migration.<\/p>\n

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