Vox (political Party)
Vox (; ; often stylized in all caps) is a National conservatism, national conservative List of political parties in Spain, political party in Spain. Founded in 2013, it is currently led by party president Santiago Abascal, and vice president and secretary-general Ignacio Garriga. Vox has been described as Far-right politics, far-right or Radical right (Europe), radical right. The party entered the Spanish parliament for the first time after winning seats in the April 2019 Spanish general election, April 2019 general election. Later that year, it received 3.6 million votes in the November 2019 Spanish general election, November 2019 general election, winning 52 seats and becoming the third-largest party in the Congress of Deputies. Its public support reached its peak within the next few years, according to #Results timeline, the results of subsequent regional elections and 2023 Spanish general election#Opinion polls, opinion polling, but in the 2023 Spanish general election showe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santiago Abascal
Santiago Abascal Conde (; born 14 April 1976) is a Spanish politician who has been the Vox (political party)#Presidents, president of Vox since 2015. He has also been the Patriots.eu#President, president of Patriots.eu since 2024, and has been a Congress of Deputies, member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid since 2019. Before the creation of Vox, Abascal was long a member of the centre-right People's Party (Spain), People's Party, served as legislator in the Basque Parliament, founded the Spanish nationalism, Spanish nationalist Foundation for the Defence of the Spanish Nation (, or DENAES) and exerted the role of director of publicly funded entities of the Community of Madrid. Biography Early life Abascal was born in Bilbao but grew up in the Province of Álava: his father Santiago Abascal Escuza was a politician and a member of the People's Party, and his grandfather Manuel Abascal Pardo was obliged to be the mayor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Journal Of International Affairs
The ''Journal of International Affairs'' is a biannual academic journal covering foreign affairs. It is edited by graduate students at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. It was established in 1947 as a nonprofit organization. The editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ... is Se Lin "Sharon" Joh. Editors-in-chief The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief: External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal Of International Affairs International relations journals Academic journals established in 1947 Biannual journals Academic journals edited by students Columbia University academic journals ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jorge Buxadé
Jorge Buxadé Villalba (, ; born 16 June 1975) is a Spanish lawyer and right-wing politician who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain, and has been spokesperson for the right-wing Vox party since February 2020. He previously worked for the centre-right People's Party between 2004 and 2014. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1995 Catalan regional election as a member of the far-right Falange Española de las JONS, and he was number 8 in the Falange Española Auténtica list for Barcelona for the 1996 Spanish general election. Biography Born in Barcelona on 16 June 1975, Buxadé is graduated with a law degree from Abat Oliba CEU University. He entered the State Lawyers Corps in 2003. He was the president of the ''Foro Catalán de la Familia'', a conservative organization. He regularly writes for his own blog ''Lo antiguo es lo nuevo''. He is opposed to Catalan independence and is a member and cofounder of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), after the June 2024 European elections, from a previous 705 MEPs. It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India), with an electorate of around 375 million eligible voters in 2024. Since 1979, the Parliament has been directly elected every five years by the citizens of the European Union through universal suffrage. Voter turnout in parliamentary elections decreased each time after 1979 until 2019, when voter turnout increased by eight percentage points, and rose above 50% for the first time since 1994. The voting age is 18 in all EU member states e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pepa Millán
Maria José Rodríguez de Millán Parro (born 1 January 1995), better known as Pepa Millán, is a Spanish lawyer, columnist and politician. She is a member of parliament for Madrid and spokesperson for Vox in the Congress of Deputies since July 2023. After graduating in Law from the University of Seville (2018), she completed her university education with a double master's degree in Access to the Legal Profession and Contract Law and Civil Liability, Consumer Law and Extracontractual Liability at the Pablo de Olavide University (2020). She also studied for the competitive examination to become a Property Registrar. Previously she had been a columnist for the newspaper . Political career Millán began as an advisor to the Vox Parliamentary Group in the XI legislature of the Andalusian Parliament. Much of her work in the party focused on the areas of: employment, equality, advocacy and the presidency. In the 2022 Elections to the Parliament of Andalusia she ran as number t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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West European Politics
''West European Politics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of comparative politics focusing on Western Europe. It was established in 1978 and serves as one of the main publication venues in that field. Its founding editors-in-chief were Vincent Wright and Gordon Smith; the current editors are Klaus Goetz, Anand Menon, and Wolfgang C. Müller. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.464, ranking it 36th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science". Vincent Wright Memorial Prize The Vincent Wright Memorial Prize was established in 1999 to honour the memory of Vincent Wright. Two prizes are awarded annually based on the recommendation from members of the editorial advisory board for the best articles published in the journal during the preceding year. See also * List of political science journals This is a list of political science journals presenting representative peer-reviewed academic journals in the field of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radical Right (Europe)
In political science, the terms radical right, reactionary right, populist right, and hard right have been used to refer to the range of Nationalism, nationalist, Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties that have grown in support in Europe since the late 1970s. Populist right groups have shared a number of causes, which typically include Anti-globalization movement#Nationalist opposition against globalization, opposition to globalisation and Opposition to immigration#Europe, immigration, criticism of multiculturalism, and Euroscepticism#Hard Euroscepticism, opposition to the European Union, with some opposing liberal democracy or rejecting democracy altogether in favor of "Illiberal democracy" or outright authoritarian dictatorship. The ideological spectrum of the radical right extends from staunchly right-wing national conservatism and right-wing populism to far-right Third Positionism and other Neo-fascism, neo-fascist ideologies. T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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European Conservatives And Reformists Group
The European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR Group or simply ECR) is a Euroscepticism#Soft Euroscepticism, soft Eurosceptic, anti-European Federation, federalist political group of the European Parliament. The ECR is the parliamentary group of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party) European political party, but also includes Member of the European Parliament, MEPs from other European parties and MEPs without European party affiliation. Ideologically, the group is broadly eurosceptic, anti-federalist and right-wing, with centre-right and far-right factions. The main objective of the ECR is to oppose unchecked European integration, enlargement and potential evolution of the European Union (EU) into a federal European superstate on the basis of ''Eurorealism,'' and to ensure the EU does not heavily encroach on matters of state and domestic and regional decision making within EU member countries. It also advocates for stricter controls on immigration. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patriots For Europe
Patriots for Europe (PfE or Patriots) is a right-wing to far-right sovereigntist political group, formed as the third-largest group ahead of the tenth European Parliament. The group includes all but one member from the Identity and Democracy group and members from other groups. The group could also coordinate the work of its members at the European Council and the Council of the European Union. History Formation Fidesz had been unaffiliated at the European level since leaving the European People's Party Group (EPP Group) in March 2021. ANO MEPs belonged to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and its affiliated Renew Europe group since 2011, but left both organisations after the 2024 European Parliament elections, citing disagreements with the party's programme. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) belonged to the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group during the ninth term (2019–2024). On 30 June 2024, the founding of the group was announced a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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European Conservatives And Reformists Party
The European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party or simply ECR), formerly known as Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (AECR, 2009–2016) and Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE, 2016–2019), is a Conservatism, conservative, Euroscepticism#Soft Euroscepticism, soft Eurosceptic European political party with a main focus on reforming the European Union (EU) on the basis of Eurorealism, as opposed to total rejection of the EU (anti-EU-ism). The political movement was founded on 1 October 2009, after the creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) political group of the European Parliament. It was officially recognised by the European Parliament in January 2010. ECR Party is governed by a board of directors who are elected by the Council, which represents all ECR member parties. The executive board is composed of the President Mateusz Morawiecki (Polish member of the Parliame ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patriots
A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism. Patriot(s) or The Patriot(s) may also refer to: Political and military groups United States * Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution * Patriot movement, a small-government or anti-government conservative movement in the United States * Christian Patriot movement, a far-right conservative movement in the United States Elsewhere * Patriot (company) (Russian: ЧВК «Патриот»), a Russian private military and security company * Patriot Party (other), various parties * Patriotten, a Dutch political faction in the 18th century * Arbegnoch (lit. ''patriots''), Ethiopian resistance fighters, 1939–1941 * Patriot Governments (Spanish American independence), those who supported independence in South America, 1808–1833 * The Patriots (France), a French eurosceptic political party * Patriote movement, a political movement in Québec, Canada, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Catholic Church In Spain
The Spanish Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Spain, is part of the Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Holy See, Rome, and the Spanish Episcopal Conference. The Spanish Constitution of 1978 establishes the non-denominationality of the State, providing that the public authorities take into account the religious beliefs of society, maintaining cooperative relations with the Catholic Church and other confessions. Thus, the relations between the Spanish State and the Holy See are regulated by the 1976 agreement and the three 1979 agreements, which modified and replaced the previous 1953 concordat. History According to , Christianity could have been present in Spain from a very early period. Paul the Apostle, St. Paul intended to go to Hispania to preach the gospel there after visiting the Romans along the way. But there is no clear evidence if he ever made it. After 410 AD, Spain was taken over by the Visigoths who had been converted to Arian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |