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Hundreds March in Madrid With Franco-Era Symbols on 50th Anniversary

Authorities counted about 700 Falange supporters protesting Spain's 1978 constitution under heavy police presence.

Overview

  • Participants walked from the conservative PP headquarters to the ruling PSOE offices, where police were deployed in large numbers.
  • Chants captured in online footage called for national unity and equated PSOE and PP as part of the same fight.
  • Marchers carried Franco-era flags, made fascist gestures, and honored Falange founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera.
  • Officials reported an estimated turnout of 700 people and said a counter-demonstration was called for the following day.
  • The event fed ongoing debates over Franco's legacy, with recent reporting noting a rise in nostalgia among some youth and a minority holding relatively positive views of the dictatorship.