Right wing gains around the world
Why resist verification?
(Bill Glahn) From BBC News,
Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory.
Right-wing Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gambled on a snap election for parliament and won a huge victory, giving her ruling party not just an outright majority, but an outright supermajority.
Less successful was the gamble taken on a snap election in the northeastern Spanish region of Aragon by the leading center-right Peoples Party (PP). Together with the 2nd-place socialists, PP lost a total of seven seats, all at the expense of the right-wing party Vox.
The shift leaves PP more dependent than before on their right-wing Vox allies in the region’s governing coalition. Oops.
The exception that proves the rule can be found in the Portuguese presidential election. The socialist candidate prevailed over the right-wing candidate to win the mostly-ceremonial post.
The right-wing Chega party (“Enough!”) was founded in only 2019, and improved on their third-place finish in the 2021 contest.
Chega finished as the 2nd-largest party in the Portuguese 2025 parliamentary election, forming the official opposition to the leading center-right party, the Social Democratic party (PSD). In the 2026 presidential contest, the PSD candidate failed to advance out of the first round of voting, finishing a distant 5th.
In a fit of spite, the center-right PSD put their support behind the socialist presidential candidate in the final round of voting to deny the right-wing Chega the win.
The right wing is on the march around the globe. Everywhere, it seems, except in the United States.
Why resist verification?
(Bill Glahn) From BBC News,
Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory.
Right-wing Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gambled on a snap election for parliament and won a huge victory, giving her ruling party not just an outright majority, but an outright supermajority.
Less successful was the gamble taken on a snap election in the northeastern Spanish region of Aragon by the leading center-right Peoples Party (PP). Together with the 2nd-place socialists, PP lost a total of seven seats, all at the expense of the right-wing party Vox.
The shift leaves PP more dependent than before on their right-wing Vox allies in the region’s governing coalition. Oops.
The exception that proves the rule can be found in the Portuguese presidential election. The socialist candidate prevailed over the right-wing candidate to win the mostly-ceremonial post.
The right-wing Chega party (“Enough!”) was founded in only 2019, and improved on their third-place finish in the 2021 contest.
Chega finished as the 2nd-largest party in the Portuguese 2025 parliamentary election, forming the official opposition to the leading center-right party, the Social Democratic party (PSD). In the 2026 presidential contest, the PSD candidate failed to advance out of the first round of voting, finishing a distant 5th.
In a fit of spite, the center-right PSD put their support behind the socialist presidential candidate in the final round of voting to deny the right-wing Chega the win.
The right wing is on the march around the globe. Everywhere, it seems, except in the United States.
Right wing gains around the world
Why resist verification?
(Bill Glahn) From BBC News,
Japanese stocks surge as Takaichi secures historic election victory.
Right-wing Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gambled on a snap election for parliament and won a huge victory, giving her ruling party not just an outright majority, but an outright supermajority.
Less successful was the gamble taken on a snap election in the northeastern Spanish region of Aragon by the leading center-right Peoples Party (PP). Together with the 2nd-place socialists, PP lost a total of seven seats, all at the expense of the right-wing party Vox.
The shift leaves PP more dependent than before on their right-wing Vox allies in the region’s governing coalition. Oops.
The exception that proves the rule can be found in the Portuguese presidential election. The socialist candidate prevailed over the right-wing candidate to win the mostly-ceremonial post.
The right-wing Chega party (“Enough!”) was founded in only 2019, and improved on their third-place finish in the 2021 contest.
Chega finished as the 2nd-largest party in the Portuguese 2025 parliamentary election, forming the official opposition to the leading center-right party, the Social Democratic party (PSD). In the 2026 presidential contest, the PSD candidate failed to advance out of the first round of voting, finishing a distant 5th.
In a fit of spite, the center-right PSD put their support behind the socialist presidential candidate in the final round of voting to deny the right-wing Chega the win.
The right wing is on the march around the globe. Everywhere, it seems, except in the United States.
