SPAIN DEMOCRATIC MEMORY LAW DEBATES
Political and legal battles over Spain's Democratic Memory laws at national and regional levels, including efforts to repeal or weaken legislation recognising victims of the Franco dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War
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Vox asks Central Electoral Board to bar postal voting for Spaniards living abroad
EL PAÍSVox pide a la Junta Electoral Central que se prive del derecho a votar por correo a los españoles residentes en el extranjero
Jun 30, 2026, 01:21 PM
Spain's far-right Vox has asked the Central Electoral Board to bar postal voting for Spaniards living abroad. PP leader Feijóo demanded that the 'grandchildren law' be halted, accusing Sánchez of seeking to 'manufacture two and a half million' new voters.
Government gives PP administrations and bishopric three to six months to remove four Francoist vestiges
EL PAÍSEl Gobierno da entre tres y seis meses a administraciones del PP y al obispado para retirar cuatro vestigios franquistas
Jun 30, 2026, 12:43 PM
Spain's government has given PP-led administrations and a bishopric three to six months to remove four Francoist vestiges. These include the Victory monument in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a monument in Majadahonda, and inscriptions in the cathedrals of Almería and Murcia.
Feijóo casts doubt on census rise from the 'grandchildren law': 'It's electoral engineering, manufacturing new voters'
EL PAÍSFeijóo siembra dudas sobre el incremento del censo por la ‘ley de nietos’: “Es ingeniería electoral, fabricar nuevos votantes”
Jun 29, 2026, 12:57 PM
Spain's opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo cast doubt on the rise in the electoral census linked to the 'grandchildren law', calling it 'electoral engineering' to 'manufacture new voters'. The government called his words 'irresponsible'; Feijóo also proposed giving extra seats to the most-voted list.
Next stop, Amado Granell: the Valencian who liberated Paris
EL PAÍSPróxima parada, Amado Granell, el valenciano que liberó París
Jun 9, 2026, 11:09 AM
The death of Aurora Granell, daughter of the first Allied soldier to reach Paris after the Nazi occupation, brings renewed attention to her father, Amado Granell—a Valencian Republican officer who was forgotten for many years.
'Ex-combatants' of the Transition?
EL PAÍS¿‘Excombatientes’ de la Transición?
Jun 9, 2026, 03:30 AM
An opinion column questions the idea of 'ex-combatants' of Spain's democratic Transition, arguing that documented analyses of the infamous Francoist past sit uneasily with easy or self-congratulatory narratives.