Vox (Spain)

Vox Logo.

Vox (Latin for "voice", and stylized as VOX) is a Spanish political party. It takes strongly conservative, right-wing populist, and Euroskeptic positions on issues.^[1][2] Led by Santiago Abascal, the party also is pro-life,^[3] and it opposes gun control laws,^[4] the homosexual agenda,^[5] and illegal immigration.^[6] It also opposes succession movements, supporting Spanish unity and the Spanish monarchy.^[7] To the annoyance of left-wing parties, Vox has celebrated the Reconquista, when Christian Spaniards reconquered Spain from the Muslims.^[8] Like other conservative and right-wing populist European parties, Vox has been falsely labeled "far-right" by the Left and the media.^[9] The establishment has been highly biased against the party, with the Spanish Central Election Board banning the party from election debates despite it being in third place in polls.^[10]

In December 2018, Vox entered the parliament of Andalusia, the first time a Euroskeptic and right-wing populist party won seats in the country.^[3][11] Because of this victory, it automatically gained a seat in the Spanish Senate.^[12] Vox continued growing,^[13] and it entered Spain's parliament for the first time in the April 2019 elections.^[14] Also in 2019, Vox took part in the governing coalition of Madrid.^[15] In the national elections held on November 10, 2019, Vox surged, more than doubling its seats in Spain's parliament and becoming the country's third-largest political party.^[16] The party received a plurality in the province of Murcia, a first for the party.^[17] In the new parliament, Vox gained a seat on the Spanish parliament's influential oversight committee.^[18]

By late 2019, Vox had visibly influenced Spanish politics in a conservative direction.^[19]

The party is pro-Israel and pro-Ukraine and also member of the European Union ECR Party.

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