“Transform.” That is the watchword of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as it calls for snap elections on November 29th. In his official announcement — which began with gender-inclusive language — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez justified the call for elections as necessary “to undertake, in depth, the pending reforms required for citizens to reduce levels of inequality. We must mobilize to ensure that Parliament grants us a much broader, progressive majority.”

Sánchez spoke in terms of a transfiguration of the country. He articulated this — and acted upon it — from the Moncloa Palace, the very place where he conceived the current regularization of over half a million undocumented individuals, many of whom hail from cultures antithetical to the values of our own civilization. According to the patriotic party VOX, this will result in a “demographic, social, labor, and electoral transformation” — all carried out without consulting the Spanish people.

This radical metamorphosis, proposed by the Western Left, generally carries within it the seed of “oikophobia” — a term coined by the philosopher Sir Roger Scruton to describe the repudiation of one’s own cultural heritage, home, and national loyalty. It manifests as an urge to denigrate the customs, culture, and institutions that are identifiably “ours,” in contrast to those of other parts of the world.

As I noted in a previous article, at the end of November, Spain will have to choose: does it want the continued disintegration of its social fabric — exacerbated by barriers to assimilation such as language and culture — a rise in cases of sexual assault, migration crises like the one seen in Ceuta, and the burden of an elephantine bureaucracy that harbors fantasies of globalist leadership, all while punishing its most successful entrepreneurs with taxes approaching 50%?

While Sánchez promotes policies that neglect his own citizens and prioritize foreigners — whom he views merely as walking, talking ballots — the Spanish people will have to decide in November whether to choose the candidate of “oikophobia” (aversion to one’s own home or culture) or a patriot.

An article from La Gaceta de la Iberosfera highlights how, in the Canary Islands, it is all too evident that newcomers are granted advantages, while the most vulnerable locals are left to fend for themselves.

The food supply contract for reception centers for illegal immigrants on the island of Gran Canaria amounts to 3,747,051.76 euros, excluding taxes. The tender specifications set minimum portion weights and quality requirements for meat and fish. The menu rotation at one of these centers includes dishes such as beef stew and goat stew — all, of course, halal, so as not to offend the beliefs of the “invaders” who arrive on these shores, brought by human traffickers.

Meanwhile, in the Canary Islands, nearly three out of every 10 inhabitants are at risk of poverty. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), cited in La Gaceta’s analysis, the poverty rate in the Canary Islands stands at 29.1%, compared to 26.5% nationwide. Child poverty is at 35.2% — meaning one in three minors lives in a household below the poverty line.

“While thousands of Canarian families struggle to meet their basic needs, Pedro Sánchez’s government is allocating millions of euros to contracts for the care of those housed in reception centers for illegal immigrants,” the article states.

Realities like those seen in the Canary Islands will haunt the PSOE candidate in the upcoming elections. And that is not even mentioning the corruption allegations and investigations that implicate those in Sánchez’s innermost circle. Nor do his associations with the worst tyrannies in the world today — including his recent kiss on the cheek of the Venezuelan regime figure Delcy Rodríguez — help his standing.

In an interview with The Washington Stand some months ago, Madrid-based analyst Pedro Tarquis stated that the power of the socialist prime minister was faltering, due in part to his “governing marked by numerous public service failures” — such as the nationwide blackout that left all of Spain in the dark this past April.

For its part, the opposition has a very clear vision heading into the elections. According to Santiago Abascal, leader of VOX, it is necessary to undertake a process of repatriating illegal immigrants — specifically those who commit crimes or who reside in Spain without working while receiving social benefits intended for Spanish citizens — and to halt any regularization processes.

In the view of the conservative leader, “five million people have entered the country in five years, and that is unsustainable” — impacting public safety, social services, health care, the education system, and, of course, the housing market, which he describes as “collapsed, also as a consequence of an absolutely unmanageable level of migratory pressure.”