Spain - 2012
Are there political parties that express racist or xenophobic sentiments/discourse in the form of hate speech or promote an anti-migrant and/or anti-minority agenda?
- Code:
- RED33
- Key Area:
- Political Parties-organisations - Racist & Xenophobic Discourse
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes. Plataforma per Cataluña - 67 municipal councillors No representatives of racist or xenophobic parties in parliament. |
| Qualitative Info |
Even though in the Fourth Report of the ERCI about Spain only mentions one openly xenophobic political party (Plataforma per Cataluña), there are other regional or national parties such as emocracia Nacional, Falange Española de las Jons or Alternativa Española that with very or no representations in townhalls can be considered xenophobic. For example Democracia Española 2000 had the following slogan in the regional elections of 2011 "Not even one more (foreigners), Spanish people first". |
| Represented in government/parliament? | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political discourse -parties - orgs |
| External Url | http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/country-by-country/spain/ESP-CBC-IV-2011-004-ESP.pdf |
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