Falange Auténtica
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Authentic Phalanx Falange Auténtica | |
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President | Enrique Antigüedad |
Founded | April 30, 2002 |
Split from | FE/La Falange |
Headquarters | C/ Tucumán, 9 (Alicante) |
Ideology | National syndicalism Spanish nationalism Republicanism Falangism Third Position Anti-Francoism Anti-capitalism[1] |
Political position | Far-right[2] |
International affiliation | None |
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www.falange-autentica.es | |
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Falange Auténtica (English: Authentic Phalanx, FA) is a
The term 'Authentic' refers to the positioning of FA as 'authentic' as opposed to the official
FA contested the 2003 municipal election in various parts of the country. It won two seats in El Hoyo de Pinares, Ávila, and one in Ardales, Málaga.
History
While Falange Auténtica was officially incorporated in the Constituent Congress held in November 2002 in the city of Alicante, it had been operating since April of that year. On that date, an important meeting of the "Phalange National Table" in the town of
Since its founding this political group has participated in several demonstrations against ETA, organised by the AVT in 2006, the Ermua Forum in 2007, and the CCOO and UGT in the same year. Different rallies and public events of Falange Auténtica have had the participation of the likes of sports journalist Jose Antonio Martin Otín, French-Spanish scholar Arnaud Imatz, and writer Fernando Sánchez Dragó.
Ideology
Falange Auténtica proposes the
They believe that political participation should not be seen only as a right but also a duty of citizens and therefore political participation should not be limited to political parties, but should also actively extended to civic associations, unions and companies.
Foreign policy
In Argentina, they maintain a close relationship with the Authentic Peronist Movement. While their attention is centered on foreign policy in Latin America, outside of this field they have shown on numerous occasions their sympathy to the Lebanese Kataeb Party.
Election results
Their electoral successes have been limited to the municipal level, only ever getting councilors in the municipalities of two small towns: Ardales and El Hoyo de Pinares. These results have been described as "absolutely marginal".
Falange Auténtica was presented to the municipal elections of 2003 in ten municipalities, obtaining two councilors by the Avila town of El Hoyo de Pinares and a councilor for Ardales, Malaga. Under the departments of the party in the town of Avila, the first pilot project Electronic Democracy in Spain was performed.
In the
Falange Auténtica has been submitted to all election calls since its inception, except for the Spanish general elections of 2011, which although initially showed interest in participating, finally did not, as part of the Platform for Constitutional Freedom where they advocated achieving a majority abstention to make way for the opening of a constituent period.
See also
References
- ^ Caiani, Manuela; Parenti, Linda (2011). «The Spanish extreme right and the Internet». Análise social (en inglés) 46 (201): 719–740. ISSN 0003-2573.
- ^ Caiani, Manuela; Parenti, Linda (2011). «The Spanish extreme right and the Internet». Análise social (en inglés) 46 (201): 719–740. ISSN 0003-2573.
- ^ Beevor, Antony, The Battle for Spain, p. 286
External links
- Official website
- Falange Auténtica's channel on YouTube