Overview
- Vox has formally filed a proposición de ley in Spain’s Congress to prohibit wearing the niqab and burka in public spaces.
- The text proposes amending the Penal Code to classify forcing these garments on women as a coercion offense.
- It also seeks changes to the Citizen Security Law to introduce administrative penalties for public use and to penalize parents who impose the veils on their daughters.
- Party spokesperson Pepa Millán framed the proposal as a matter of public safety and national identity, linking it to criticism of open-border policies and multiculturalism.
- The measure now enters parliamentary processing, and it remains uncertain whether the PP or Junts will support it, with the PP having previously signaled interest in restrictions without introducing legislation.