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Insider PaperSpain seeks to declassify Franco-era secret files
Spain's leftist government approved a draft law Tuesday to automatically declassify confidential documents older than 45 years, potentially shedding new light on the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco and the country’s transition to democracy.
A bill provides that all documents older than 45 years are automatically released.
Spain proposes declassifying secret Franco era files
The Spanish government on Tuesday introduced a bill to automatically declassify all secret government files older than 45 years, including documents from Francisco Franco's dictatorship and the transition to democracy.
The Spanish law on the secrecy of state documents dates back to the 1960s. The cabinet of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wants to replace it now – and thus provide new insights into history.
Just 50 years after the death of General Francisco Franco, the Spanish government today approved a law that automatically declassifies all classified documents dating back to his dictatorship.
The Spanish Government has taken a historic step. On Tuesday, July 22, it approved the Classified Information Bill, a text that will allow, for the first time, access to reserved documents of the Franco dictatorship and the democratic transition. If it passes the parliamentary process, Spain will begin to dig up, with official seal, a part of its history silenced for more than 80 years. READ ALSO: How was the end of Francoism in Spain? The new l…
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