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Editorial: El País

Humillar a las víctimas
April 2, 2024

  • The far-right in Spain, currently represented by Vox, resists recognition of the forgotten victims of the Civil War and the Franquismo dictatorship.
  • Through its agreements with the PP, Vox has introduced revisionist rhetoric to institutions, overturning and replacing historical memory laws in various autonomous communities.
  • The Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory has warned against these initiatives and has announced that if necessary, it will present an appeal to the Constitutional Court.
  • The 2022 Democratic Memory Law obliges the State to search for and exhume the victims of the Civil War, a duty that Vox is endeavoring to dismantle.
  • Vox proposes new 'concord' laws that are based on false premises and bolster a revisionist view of Spanish history.
  • The PP, despite presenting itself as a defender of constitutional consensus, provides Vox with political and institutional support for their extremist initiatives.

Conclusion: The resistance from Vox and the support from PP to their revisionist initiatives represent a repudiation towards recognition and commemoration of all the victims of the Civil War and Franquismo dictatorship.