Faces off: undisguised enthusiasm for Vox's rise
The day after elections is usually a clear, cloudless day, the kind that allows you to see which side each newspaper is on, twisting the results to fit its electoral agenda. The popular Jorge Azcón will once again preside over the region, but he will do so under the greater tutelage of Vox, which has doubled its seats and will puff out its chest even more, if the tense vests still allow it. Within the right wing, there is the classic branch (ABC and The reason) which is clearly pro-PP and suspicious of the far right, even though they grant them the benefit of euphemism. Notice how, in their respective front-page headlines, the first people both media outlets talk about are neither the PP, which despite everything has won, nor Vox, but the Socialists, their particular obsession: "The PSOE sinks, the PP retreats, and Vox becomes the big winner in Aragon" and "Sánchez reaps the rewards." In the Planeta newspaper, the absence of the far-right in the headline loudly proclaims the complex that grips the paper.
A The WorldHowever, the first people they talk about are Vox, and that's revealing. The media is increasingly surrendering to the charms of Abascal's party, so they headline with a trumpet and without mute: "The Vox cyclone shrinks the PP and Sánchez's spokesperson sinks the PSOE." The subheading is "The new political scenario takes hold," and today we must pay attention to the literary quote of the day, from Joseph Conrad, who says: "The strength of one is only an accident resulting from the weakness of others." In other words, Feijóo, you're a softie, let Ayuso come already and let's stop all this pantomime of centrism and moderation. If we're going to quote Conrad to illustrate the unbridled growth of Vox, I would stick with the famous last words of poor Mr. Kurtz to The heart of darkness, just before dying: "Oh, the horror, the horror."
