Introduction & Updates in National Landscape
The motion of censure presented by Vox against Pedro Sánchez took place at the beginning of March. The initiative was proposed as a candidate for president of the Government of Ramón Tamames, a historical politician of the Communist Party, and has been rejected with the only votes in favor of the deputies of Vox and a former deputy of Ciudadanos. The motion has failed with 201 votes against and 53 in favor. https://www.publico.es/politica/congreso-tumba-mocion-censura-tamames-unico-apoyo-vox-abstencion-pp.html
But the motion has also given the starting point for the electoral campaign for the municipal elections in May and the regional elections, which will also be held on the 28th of that month in Aragón, Asturias, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, the Valencian Community, Extremadura, Illes Balears, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, and in the Autonomous Cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Vox has held rallies in Cantabria, where it presents a former PP candidate, and in Valladolid, among other cities, and has announced as one of its main promises to eliminate the Ministry of Equality. https://twitter.com/voxes/status/1641694738251149316 https://twitter.com/SantiABASCAL/status/1639388621257023489 https://twitter.com/vox_es/status/1636772063192006674
Other smaller far-right parties, such as National Democracy, have announced that they will not run in the elections, giving their militants a free hand to vote for whoever they decide but mentioning Vox. http://democracianacional.org/dn/dn-ante-las-proximas-elecciones-del-28-de-mayo/
The Vox Solidaridad union has strengthened at the union level, ranking second with the most delegates, only behind UGT. https://twitter.com/vox_es/status/1641333066697265153 https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/sindicato-vox-ccoo-delegados-elecciones.html
At the legislative level, the extreme right has had one of lime and one of sand this month. While the Constitutional Court has admitted to processing the appeal presented by Vox against the reform of the Penal Code that eliminated the crime of sedition, for which the people considered to be organizers of the 2017 Catalan Referendum were convicted, the Falange has been fined again in within the framework of the Law of Democratic Memory, this time for an act in Valladolid in which its militants sang the Face to the Sun, the anthem of the Spanish Falange of the Jons. https://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-constitucional-admite-tramite-recurso-vox-contra-derogacion-sedicion-reforma-malversacion-20230307153306.html https://twitter.com/fedelasjons/status/1633132382009032708/photo/1
Transnational Activities & Group Interactions
Internationally, Vox continues to expand its influence throughout Latin America, this time with the Madrid Lima Forum, organized by the affiliated organizations Disenso. The meeting, described by former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on social networks as “the master plan to support the Boluarte Dictatorship,” was attended by Rocío Monasterio (Vox), various politicians from the Fujimori and Bolsonaro governments in Brazil. , Ernesto Araújo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, among others. https://twitter.com/Foro_MAD/status/1637787212405174274
In the European Union, the Solidarity union has played the leading role, which on March 30, traveled to the European Parliament to present a manifesto against migration, “climate fanaticism,” among other issues, and which has so far counted 108,000 signatures. https://twitter.com/solidaridad_esp/status/1641721256171929604