Santiago Abascal: Who is Spain's far-right leader and what does he stand for?

FILE PHOTO: Spain's far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal gestures as he speaks during an opening campaign rally ahead of the July 23 snap election, in Puerto Almerimar, El Ejido, Spain July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - As could be expected of the head of a far-right party that puts nationalism at its core, Vox leader Santiago Abascal drapes himself in Spanish symbols, wearing designer shirts glorifying bullfighting or issuing Vox-branded hand fans to rally attendants.

Giving speeches against backdrops of oil paintings and churches and vowing to return to Spaniards "the things that really matter", Abascal has toured the country in recent weeks to tout his Vox party's nationalist, anti-feminist, Eurosceptic, socially conservative and economically liberal manifesto.