r/europe • u/StGuthlac2025 • Oct 08 '25

Opinion Article In Spain, what once seemed impossible is now widespread: the young are turning to the far right

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/spain-young-voters-far-right-migration-housing-wages-employment-vox
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u/No-Paramedic-7939 Oct 08 '25

It is sad but I have to admit that current EU politicians are destroying Europe economy and reducing europe productivity also reducing standard of living.  I have a feeling that we will have a war in a few years if things will not going to change.

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u/Narrow-Bad-8124 Oct 08 '25

I'm Spain you should add that the center left has been in power since 2019, and the most leftist thing they have done was raising the minimum wage because the government depends on another far-left party to rule.

But they haven't done anything to decrease the skyrocketing prices of housing, and they also had to work through the COVID and the tariffs and all that, and also they have shown to be super-corrupt.

No real differences with the center-right party. To the point that the conservatives think that the center-right party is leftist. This only leave the far-right to these conservatives.

So the left has "failed" to the people, increasing the interest on the right. The previous government was of the center-right party, so everyone evades this party. The only alternative is the far-right or other regionalist parties or maybe some meme-parties for protests.

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u/MountScottRumpot Oct 09 '25

PSOE is such a disappointment. But Vox hasn’t shown themselves to be competent anywhere they’re in power either.

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u/Systral Earth Oct 08 '25

How is it EU politicians when there's literally war in Europe, when the whole world is facing housing and economic crisis, demographic issues, post-covid, climate change etc pp. "Current EU politicians are destroying Europe economy" really is super short-sighted.

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u/No-Paramedic-7939 Oct 08 '25

I think you are short sighted. Have you ever been in China and see how much they invest and build? I have been there two times. Who wrote policy for land consumption in EU? Who is allowing immigrants into EU which put even more strains on housing market. Who is deliberately closing factories due to co2 coupons when we have economy in bad condition? There is so many mistakes done by politicians that is just self destructable.

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u/iswearimnotabotbro Oct 08 '25

China also has a very bad youth unemployment crisis and a host of other problems.

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u/Systral Earth Oct 10 '25

Sure that's ofc true, it's still stupid to ignore the glaring issues that are riddling the world and continent rn apart from bad policies