Spain Accelerates Effort to Shut Down Franco Foundation
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that his government will intensify efforts to dissolve the Francisco Franco Foundation. The statement came just weeks before the 50th anniversary of the dictator’s death.
Founded in 1976, the far-right organization was established to honor Francisco Franco, the general who toppled Spain’s democratic republic during the 1936–1939 civil war and ruled the country until his death in 1975.
Sánchez’s administration has focused on addressing the legacy of the dictatorship through democratic memory policies. The 2022 Democratic Memory Law recognizes victims of Franco’s regime and urges the removal of its remaining symbols from public spaces.
In 2024, the government began collecting documentation to present a formal case for the foundation’s dissolution before legal authorities.
“There is a slow but constant effort to delegitimise democracy. It starts by calling revisionism ‘harmony’,” Sánchez said during a remembrance event in Madrid.
He also referred to a recent poll indicating that over one-fifth of Spaniards view the dictatorship positively, which he described as evidence of historical distortion that endangers democratic understanding.
“We will accelerate the procedure to legally press for the dissolution of the Francisco Franco Foundation,” Sánchez affirmed.
Author’s Summary
Sánchez vows to quicken legal action to dismantle the Franco Foundation, citing growing revisionism and a commitment to democratic memory.
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