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Editorial: El Español

  • Santiago Abascal has been re-elected as the president of Vox until 2028, amid internal criticism related to the party's direction.
  • Vox and Podemos both have hyper-personalist leadership styles that maintain orthodoxy in their respective parties.
  • Internal tensions are causing key figures to leave both Vox and Podemos.
  • Podemos' current state of weakness is a reflection of the decline of the popular support it once had.
  • Vox maintains a significant parliamentary presence and its voting intention is above 10%, unlike Podemos which is marginalized.
  • Despite their differences, both Vox and Podemos are experiencing internal crises.

Conclusion: The downfall of these parties is seen as a sign of the fading of populist politics in Spain, and while there will always be space for extreme ideologies, Spain will be better off the less weight inflammatory rhetoric practicing parties have in politics.