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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - democratic memory law]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The silent setback of the democratic memory law where PP and Vox govern]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/in-depth/the-silent-setback-of-the-democratic-memory-law-where-pp-and-vox-govern_1_5825662.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e8a19664-a07d-4517-ad33-37c5bf69863b_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Exactly 90 years ago, the poet Federico García Lorca was shot on the outskirts of Granada, in a place between the municipalities of Alfacar and Víznar that no one has yet been able to confirm with exactitude. His disappearance is not an exception: it is the best-known symbol of a phenomenon that remains open throughout the State and that, right now,<a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/pp-vox-s-war-against-the-memory-laws-but-with-internal-divisions_1_5536758.html" > is experiencing a silent setback where the PP and Vox share government</a>. Just as the anniversary of Lorca's death is being commemorated, the Junta de Andalucía – the autonomous community where the poet was from and which has the most mass graves in the entire State, with more than 3,000 people buried in the Víznar ravine alone – has set an expiration date for the law that protects the search for the disappeared of Francoism. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Hernandez Pujol]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:02:20 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The leaders of PP and Vox during Prohens' round of meetings with all parties]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Andalusia, homeland of Lorca, joins the communities that want to replace the laws of memory with "laws of concord"]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Ministry of Culture notifies the Francisco Franco Foundation of the beginning of its dissolution]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/culture/the-ministry-of-culture-initiates-legal-proceedings-to-dissolve-the-francisco-franco-foundation_1_5546463.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/60eea74f-aa53-4afa-ab03-3832245fa0ed_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Outlawing associations that glorify Francoism has never been easy, but the Ministry of Culture has taken a decisive step to <a href="https://es.ara.cat/cultura/memoria-historica/gobierno-espanol-pone-marcha-tramites-eliminar-fundacion-francisco-franco-decidiran-jueces_1_5066875.html" target="_blank">to end the Francisco Franco Foundation through legal means</a> (FNFF). The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, has signed the procedure in accordance with the Democratic Memory Law and has notified the foundation of the agreement for its dissolution. This is a preliminary step to closing the pro-Franco organization, founded in 1976. After half a century of democracy, no government or institution has managed to close the doors of an entity that glorifies the figure of a dictator and, exceptionally in Europe, preserves a large amount of documentation. For the time being, the notification has been sent to the foundation, which has ten days to respond and submit its arguments. <a href="https://www.ara.cat/cultura/memoria-historica/desapareixera-fundacion-francisco-franco-nova-llei-memoria_130_4529874.html" target="_blank">Then it will be in the hands of a judge</a> to put an end to the long life of this foundation.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sílvia Marimon]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:48:15 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Euphoric Francisco Franco, proclaimed head of state.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The report argues that the entity violates the historical memory law by "glorifying Francoism" and humiliating the victims.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nostalgic in contradiction]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/opinion/nostalgic-in-contradiction_129_5538715.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/2052027e-777b-440f-8939-fc38c07bee11_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x769y500.jpg" /></p><p>The curtain rises. Més por Mallorca spokesperson Lluís Apesteguia reminds the Balearic president, Marga Prohens of the PP, who broke the pact to maintain the democratic memory law after the agreement they had reached in December with the left-wing parties. The Balearic Government has now supported a Vox proposal to repeal it. President Prohens responds to MP Apesteguía, saying, "The dictator Franco died before you and I were born, and the only ones who chat are those on the left." The curtain closes.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natza Farré]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:00:26 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Marga Prohens, president of the Balearic Islands, during a plenary session of the island's parliament in early June.]]></media:title>
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      <title><![CDATA[EH Bildu saves the Spanish government's historical memory bill]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/eh-bildu-saves-spanish-government-historical-memory-law_1_4419017.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/29e45934-feab-4004-9338-9de9cea72a87_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>EH Bildu will save the Spanish government's law of democratic memory. The party announced yesterday an agreement to support the Socialists' bill, which they want to pass at the Spanish parliament's extraordinary plenary session on July 11. EH Bildu has agreed with the state executive to declare Francoist courts "illegal and illegitimate" and all their resolutions and sentences void. Their support will be sufficient for the law to be passed, since the PNV, the PDECat, Más País and Compromís have also announced they will vote in favour. The regulation, therefore, could go ahead without ERC's support.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mireia Esteve]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:54:45 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Mertxe Aizpurúa, during the investiture session.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Party agrees with the government to declare Franco's courts "illegal and illegitimate"]]></subtitle>
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