The Spanish electorate, like the Irish one, has proven mostly allergic to the wave of national populism that is sweeping through Europe and gathering strength in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

The prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has issued a decree legalizing half a million formerly illegal immigrants. This is a profoundly consequential day not just for Spain but for Europe. A left-wing national government such as Spain’s has the power to make its residents into citizens. Europe must then accept them as Europeans forever, with the right to live and work in any EU country.

Next, the government plans a campaign to suppress criticism by regulating social media to death.

This is the dead, pre-2020 agenda of “Experts tell you that mass migration forever is good” combined with the 2020 practice of taking control of social media to stigmatize all contrary views as misinformation.

I’m shocked. I thought Europe would learn to accommodate the new politics. Instead, it seems to be in a death march.