The banning of political parties in Spain : the Batasuna case

It analyzes the constitutional and legal limits in Spain applicable to the creation and maintenance of political parties. The focus is on the case of two parties, Batasuna and Sortu, the first banished due to its connections with the terrorist group ETA, and the second the target of accusations of m...

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Autor principal: Foruria, Eduardo Vírgala
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: 2017
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Resumo: It analyzes the constitutional and legal limits in Spain applicable to the creation and maintenance of political parties. The focus is on the case of two parties, Batasuna and Sortu, the first banished due to its connections with the terrorist group ETA, and the second the target of accusations of merely being a successor of the first. The article also examines the decisions of the Spanish Supreme Court that banished parties connected to the Basque Nation and the judgment of the legality of the Sortu party