US EditionSpain Moves to Ban Controversial Foundation ‘Glorifying’ Dictator Franco
The dissolution targets the foundation for glorifying Francoism and inciting hatred, fulfilling the 2022 Democratic Memory Law to honor dictatorship victims, with over 200,000 petition signatures.
- On Friday, Spain began formal proceedings to dissolve the Francisco Franco Foundation, a private group run by Franco’s family with Carmen Franco as honorary president until 2017.
- Under the 2022 Democratic Memory Law, Spain moved to dissolve the foundation, implementing the law designed to honour victims as Spain marks 50 years since Francisco Franco’s death, the culture ministry said.
- Spain's culture ministry concluded that the Francisco Franco Foundation `glorifies Francoism and praises its leaders, which belittles and humiliates the victims`, while the group states its purpose is `disseminating and promoting the study and knowledge of life, thought, legacy and work`.
- After years of public pressure and inaction by prior governments, civil society groups long demanded the foundation's dissolution, and a 2017 petition gathered more than 200,000 signatures.
- Given that Francisco Franco ruled for nearly four decades, the move has wider historical resonance, with experts estimating around 540,000 people died during the armed conflict.
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Spain seeks to speed up dissolution of Franco foundation
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday said his leftist government would accelerate steps to try and dissolve the Francisco Franco Foundation, in a speech a few weeks before the 50th anniversary of the dictator's death.
The Spanish government has made preparations for the dissolution of the Francisco Franco Foundation.
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