Spain's far-right to enter regional parliament for first time in decades (since Franco)

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[sandensea]

1. They've always been there, I think - except behind a thin veil.

The Popular Party, which governed Spain from 1996 to 2004 and 2011 until this June, is basically a repackaged Falange (Franco's party).

After the Rajoy calamity though, it may be quite some time until they have the run of the country again.

[Thyla]

2. Agreed.

The PP here has pretty much always catered enough to those elements just enough to keep it in check, plus and people forget but Spain is a young country democratically speaking and certainly hasn't dealt with it's past yet.
The PSOE(socialists, don't get excited) have a staggeringly bad history of corruption but have been out of influence for a while are now tentatively in charge saying they are a reformed party.

It's been a mess politically here for ever and still is, the landscape is changing a bit now so who knows but VOX isn't a great sign.