- Title: Spain PM to stick to pro-Europe agenda after far-right surge in Andalusia
- Date: 3rd December 2018
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 3, 2018) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SPANISH PARLIAMENT DURING AN OPEN TO PUBLIC DAY POLICE TELLING PEOPLE TO ADVANCE ON QUEUE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT PEOPLE WALKING INSIDE PARLIAMENT, SIGN READING (Spanish): "Welcome to Parliament." PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ADMINISTRATIVE, WORKER DIEGO MARCOS, SAYING: "It's a bit like the symptom Europe is living. It's the same thing that happened in France for example, where people from left-wing are moving to the far-right. And it's a symptom that will keep going up." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COUPLE FROM CANARY ISLANDS, TEACHER ANA MARIA JIMENEZ VEGA AND ECONOMIST BRAULIO DORTAS AND SAYING: ANA MARIA: "If they grew that much (far-right party Vox) in Andalusia, they might get several seats here in Madrid, or other parts in Spain where the right wing and far-right have always been strong". BRAULIO: "Yeah, I think the same way. Their entrance (into Spanish politics) will have lot repercussions above all in Madrid." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) WAITRESS ANA GONZALEZ SAYING: "Unfortunately, I think they will (keep on rising). And I think it's like a marketing technique as the one Trump had. I think it's very dangerous because it's a marketing technique which is gathering people and taking them on its side, people that perhaps don't have a very clear ideology." (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PENSIONER, LLANOS GOMEZ SAYING: "People don't know who to vote for anymore, we don't know who to vote for. So, it's a lot of deception, lots of politicians have disappointed us and people doesn't know what to do." EXTERIOR OF PARLIAMENT PEOPLE WALKING NEWSPAPER KIOSK NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES
- Embargoed: 17th December 2018 13:01
- Keywords: Politics in Spain far-right party Vox Pedro Sanchez Andalusia elections
- Location: MADRID, SPAIN & INTERNET
- City: MADRID, SPAIN & INTERNET
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00299E5LXJ
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- Story Text: Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez said on Monday (December 3) his Socialist party will continue to push a European agenda for Spain after a far-right party won seats for the first time since the end of the dictatorship in a regional election in Andalusia.
"My government will continue to push a regenerative and European agenda for Spain. The results in Andalusia strengthen our commitment to defend the constitution and democracy from fear," Sanchez tweeted.
The Socialists may lose control of the southern region after the centre-right Ciudadanos party on Monday ruled out any coalition with them after an inconclusive election in which far-right Vox won 12 seats in the 109-seat parliament.
Residents in Madrid said on Monday the far-right uprising might impact in the whole of Spain and some people compared the movement of VOX with what happened in France with Marine Le Pen or in the United States with President Trump. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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