For every asylum application that was accepted in the EU last year, two were rejected. Anti-migration rhetoric has become the lowest common denominator for rightwing populist politics in many of the 28 member states.
“The reality is a democratic mass movement increasingly frustrated with successive governments who have sought juridical answers to political problems.”
The removal of Franco’s body following 16 years of campaigning and legal battles can only be a first step on the journey towards reconciliation with the past and historical memory.
