A National Platform

and hence a statist one... could its platform be modified so that it is more localist and respectful of local traditions and identities? Or would that just undermine the Spanish national project too much?

Unlike American conservatives who prefer decentralization of power, the Vox party is centralist. It would abolish the regional parliaments of the 17 autonomous communities and create a unitary state with provinces as the next level of government.

Thus, Vox opposes the Catalan independence movement and is stronger in parts of Spain where people identify as Spaniards and not as Catalans or Basques.

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