Far-right gains first share of power in Spain since Franco


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 Mar 2022

MADRID (Reuters) - A far-right party will hold a share of power in Spain for the first time since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, with the Vox party securing a place in a coalition running the regional government in Castile and Leon.

Alonso Fernandez Mañueco, the incoming regional president from the conservative People's Party (PP), announced the agreement on Twitter just before the new regional parliament was assembled for its first session. The PP won just over a third of the votes in an election in February, meaning it had to seek a coalition partner.

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