Author: Louise Guillot

Santiago Abascal was elected president of the European far-right Patriots party on Saturday. Abascal, 48, has been leader of the far-right Vox party in Spain since 2014 and has served as a Spanish MP since 2019. Following his election during the pan-European party’s general assembly in Paris, Abascal called on the Patriots to capitalize on the June EU election and to “promote a frontal and total response to globalism.” He also vowed to make Europe “great, prosperous, safe and free again.” “Under Abascal’s leadership, the party aims to solidify this alternative majority, challenging the traditional coalition behind the [center-right] European…

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