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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sam Jones in Madrid

Spain’s far-right Vox breaks through into regional government

Juan García Gallardo
The far-right Vox party, led in Castilla y León by Juan García Gallardo, has called for a ‘reconquest’ of Spain. Photograph: César Manso/AFP/Getty

The far-right Vox party is set to form part of a regional Spanish government for the first time after cutting a deal to run the north-western autonomous community of Castilla y León with its bitter rivals in the conservative People’s party (PP).

The deal, which comes almost a month after the PP’s decision to call regional elections failed to produce the absolute majority it had hoped for, follows weeks of wrangling amid a PP leadership crisis.

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