SPAIN - Spain’s far-right party, Vox, won 12 parliamentary seats in the Andalusian regional elections on December 2. The results of the election have come as a surprise, since the far-right party, led by Santiago Abascal, was only expected to win five seats. There are 109 seats in the Andalusian regional parliament, and with this win, Vox could form a right-wing governing coalition with the conservative People’s Party (PP) and Citizens party. Vox’s victory is the latest in a nationalist wave that has been spreading across Europe. The win comes as a shock, as memories of life under Francisco Franco’s fascist dictatorship still linger in Spain. Abascal’s newly strengthened party is anti-Muslim, tough on immigration and opposed to Catalan independence and abortion.