Carla Toscano de Balbín (born 14 November 1977 in

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) is a Spanish politician and a member of the

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for Vox since May 2019.

Biography

Balbín was born and raised in

. She attended the

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where she studied for a degree in law followed by a master's degree in linguistics. She then worked in the field of humanitarian aid before entering politics. During the

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, Balbín was elected to the

for the

constituency. She was re-elected in the general election of November 2019. Politically, she has framed her beliefs as " family, freedom, patriotism." Within Vox, she has served as the party's spokeswoman on gender issues and equality. In this role, she has denounced the Spanish gender violence law and feminism, and has likened so-called positive discrimination(the act of intentionally favoring a racial minority over a racial majority) to

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. She has also called on the Spanish government to scrap the gender violence law, arguing "violence has no sex" and claims the law enables false accusations against men. Along with other Vox politicians, she supports abolishing Spain's autonomous communities and calls for the recentralization of the country.

References

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