Las fundaciones franquistas en España

Abstract

The following article adresses the current situation of Franquist foundations existing in Spain. It will be explained the historical origin and development of these foundations, as well as their activity and their financing channels. Besides, it will be shown the difficulties — due to legal and constitutional reasons — of banning these associations.

This essay presents an exhaustive list of all the franquist foundations currently operating in our country, as well as a brief summary of the Franquism-related personalities homaged by them. On the other hand, this article focuses on the main legislations involved on this issue, as the so-call Historic Memory Law, Law of Association Right or the Foundations Law. In conclusion, we will refer to the importance of initiating a legal reform, in order to ban foundations which spread hate speech, and to preserve the dignity of the victims of the Civil War and the dictatorship.