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Constitutional Court Reinstates Madrid’s Approval Power Over Real Casa de Correos Plaques

The court’s reversal brings back Madrid’s authorization power for any plaque on the Franco-era site, leaving formal memory designation awaiting resolution.

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Fachada de la Presidencia del gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid, en Sol

Overview

  • On July 22, 2025 the Pleno of the Constitutional Court voted unanimously to lift the precautionary suspension on Article 88 of Madrid’s Law 8/2024.
  • Article 88 requires prior authorization by the Comunidad de Madrid’s Council of Government for any permanent plaque or distinctive mark on the Real Casa de Correos.
  • The Sánchez government appealed under Article 161.2 in April, contending the regional requirement obstructed the 2022 Law of Democratic Memory and injured victims’ dignity.
  • Magistrate María Luisa Segoviano’s draft opinion found the alleged harms to be hypothetical and insufficiently certain to justify maintaining the suspension.
  • With Madrid’s approval requirement back in place, the broader procedure to declare the site a place of Democratic Memory and the region’s competence dispute remain pending before the court.