By Inés Fernández-Pontes

( EurActiv ) — Spain began on Friday formal proceedings to dissolve an organisation dedicated to promoting the legacy of General Francisco Franco, the dictator who ruled the country for nearly four decades.

The move, coming as Spain marks 50 years since Franco’s death, carries heavy symbolic weight, and delivers on a flagship promise from Pedro Sánchez’s first term: the 2022 Democratic Memory Law , designed to honour the victims of the dictatorship and shut down institutions that promote Francoist ideology

In its resolution, the culture ministry said the foundation “glorifies Francoism and praises its leaders, which belittles and humiliates the victims” of both the 1930s Spanish Civil War and the ensuing dictatorship. The group “does not pursue objectives o

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