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Alejandro Nolasco

Alejandro Nolasco

Spanish politician

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Photo: Vox España, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • Aug 24

    Thousands protest in Jaca over Aragon wildfire management after Riglos blaze

    Around 6,000 demonstrators marched through Jaca on 23 August 2026 to demand political resignations, increased forest management funding, and support for striking firefighters following destructive regional blazes.

  • Jul 27

    Aragon Ends 17-Euro Weekly Allowance for Unaccompanied Migrant Minors, Keeps Spanish Grant

    Aragon's Vox-led welfare department has withdrawn the 17-euro weekly grant given to unaccompanied foreign minors in care, saving 180,000 euros per year, while Spanish minors keep theirs. Minister Sira Rego calls the move racist and refers it to the Public Prosecutor's Office for a possible hate crime.

  • Jun 28

    Vox presents deregulation programme to scrap equality, labour and climate laws, claiming hyperregulation costs Spain €90bn a year

    Spain's far-right Vox party used its annual assembly to call for a sweeping deregulation, proposing the repeal of mandatory equality and LGTBI workplace plans, the end of working-hours registries, and an overhaul of labour and climate laws.

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