Francoism
The Spanish Government has declared "unlawful and invalid" the Council of War in which Txiki and Otaegi were tried and their executions
At the request of the families and in application of Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory, the Spanish Government has approved the Declaration of Recognition and Personal Reparation in favour of Jon Paredes Txiki and Angel Otaegi, recognizing that they were persecuted for "political reasons, courts without guarantees and victims of human rights violations".
The Basque Government has organized an event with young people to "dismantle the myths that soften Francoism"
The Executive is working with a memorialist association in Germany on a plan to raise awareness of "the nonsense of fascism and Nazism."
Arrested the assailant who touched the breasts of two Femen activists in protest against a mass in honor of Franco
The young men accused of pushing and touching in the parish of Doce Apostoles (Madrid) during a protest against a mass in honour of Franco.
EH Bildu believes that Philip VI "humiliated the victims" of Gernika, and PSE-EE and PP believe that the Spanish Government should not apologize
Day of remembrance and reparation in Gernika
Gernika will host tomorrow a solemn act of remembrance for the victims of the 1937 bombing, which will be attended for the first time by a German president. Frank-Walter Steinmeier has recently acknowledged the "serious crimes" committed by the Germans in Gernika and will pay tribute to the victims today, accompanied by King Philip VI of Spain and President Pradales.
PNV and EH Bildu have demanded that Sanchez immediately declassify documents from the Zabalza case
Both parties accuse him of blocking transparency and preventing the Zabalza family from obtaining the truth. They also accuse him of being opaque and call for the declassification of documents without waiting for the new Official Secrets Act.
Andueza: "The descendants of Francoism must apologise for the bombing of Gernika, not the Spanish Government"
During his speech at the Forum Europe-Tribuna Euskadi, the PSE-EE Secretary General stated that the Spanish Government was also a "victim" of the military uprising. The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, asked the Spanish Government to acknowledge the injustice caused by the Franco dictatorship.
Aitor Esteban: "The PNV is a party that has always opposed fascism"
The president of the EBB made these statements on the 122nd anniversary of the death of the founder of the PNV, Sabino Arana, and one day after EH Bildu held an anti-fascist demonstration on the streets of Bilbao.
Vitoria-Gasteiz holds the state accountable for the events of the sanfermines of 3 and 78 March 76
The City Council has approved, together with other associations, the motion tabled by March 3 and Sanfermines 78 Gogoan .
Pradales calls on the state to make a gesture of reparation and recognition of the injustice committed during the dictatorship
The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, calls for the reparation and recognition of the injustice committed by the Spanish State during the dictatorship. In his words, "the State still owes a great deal to the recognition of the injustices suffered by the Basque Country in the past".
Sanchez calls for defending democracy while the PP equates Francoism with "sanchism."
The President of the Spanish Government has recalled on social media the 50th anniversary of Franco's death.
Floral offering at Franco's mausoleum in Mingorrubio
Members of the Spanish Catholic Movement have held a mass at the Mingorrubio cemetery and a floral offering at the Franco Mausoleum.
After Franco's death, the relatives of the gunmen carried out a series of demolitions in the south of Navarre
After Franco's death, the relatives of the gunmen began to remove their relatives from the roadsides to give them a dignified grave, especially in Navarre. The deshoturations took place in Marcilla, Peralta and central Navarre between 1978 and 1981.
Jon Hernandez (Sumar): "We want to remember especially the women and men who sacrificed for 40 years fighting dictatorship."
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco on Thursday, Jon Hernandez, MP for the Supreme Court has claimed the role played by "thousands of women and men who fought against dictatorship for four decades." He has stressed the importance of remembering these people and the reason they defended, "especially thanks to all those people who fought against dictatorship for the freedoms and limited democracy that we have today."
Aitor Esteban: "When Franco died there was no breakup and that has had consequences."
At a press conference held in Bilbao, the president of the PNV EBB, Aitor Esteban , referred to the 50th anniversary of the death of the dictator Francisco Franco, who, 50 years later , denounced the validity of the Law of Official Secrets of Francoism: "This law , instead of giving clarity, casts darkness on that past."
EH Bildu, ERC and BNG have called for a break with the monarchy, which is "the heritage of Francoism", in order to achieve "true democracy"
The maintenance of the structure emanating from Francoism shows that, according to these parties, "there will be no real democracy as long as the leadership of the State is not elected by the people and the right to decide in Catalan, Basque and Galician nations is denied".
There will be news: Yellow snow and cold warning, 50 years after the death of Franco and the anniversary of the murders of Brouard and Muguruza
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
What's left of Francoism today?
The end of Francoism 50 years ago does not mean that all its identity marks have disappeared. Experts warn that the ideological basis that fueled Franco's regime is still alive.
50 years after Franco's death, the Official Secrets Act remains unchanged
The Official Secrets Act of 1968 was born within the framework of the Franco dictatorship, and although 50 years have passed since the death of the dictator, its reform has not yet been carried out. The regime of official secrets in force in the Spanish State empowers the Council of Ministers and the Council of Chiefs of Staff to classify information that may endanger the security and defence of the State into two categories: secret and reserved.
March 3 and Sanfermines 78 call on the state to recognize the victims of Francoism without Franco
Motions will be tabled in several municipalities calling for the accession of the groups of the plenary and for the local corporations to urge the Government to assume the responsibility of the State and to take real steps to guarantee the right to truth. Similarly, the association of 3 March has been offended and disregarded by the meeting of the Board of the Memorial Foundation on 3 March, without counting on them.