"The far right's success in last month's regional elections in Extremadura, Spain, was inevitable. After a series of corruption and sexual harassment allegations surrounding Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's socialist government since the summer, everyone in Spain knew he would never pull off a victory. Although the southwestern region has historically been a stronghold of Sanchez's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), it has been in the hands of the conservative People's Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party since 2023."
"This alliance, which until recently governed several other strategically important regions of Spain, such as Valencia and Murcia, is poised to take over the Spanish government in the next general elections in 2027. Its victory would potentially leave Europe without any socialist government. Denmark's government under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen the only other European government still often cited as genuinely socialist in orientation has increasingly adopted a harsh anti-immigration rhetoric that sits uneasily with socialist principles."
Pedro Sanchez achieved economic growth, enacted social reforms, and led a green transition while opposing Israel's actions in Gaza. Corruption and sexual harassment allegations have eroded public support since the summer. The far right's victory in Extremadura followed longstanding shifts that placed the conservative People's Party and Vox in regional power since 2023. That alliance, having governed other strategic regions like Valencia and Murcia, is positioned to contest national power in 2027, risking the loss of socialist governments in Europe. Denmark's ostensibly socialist government has adopted hardline anti-immigration rhetoric. Sanchez's 2023 coalition included Sumar and Junts, creating a fragile majority he kept together until this fall.
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