Falange Española de las JONS (Spanish for "Spanish Falange of the Councils for the National Syndicalist Offensive", FE de las JONS) is a Spanish political party registered in 1976, originating from a faction of the previous Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista.[1] The word Falange is Spanish for phalanx. Members of the party are called Falangists (Spanish: falangistas). The main ideological bases of the party are national syndicalism, Third Position and ultranationalism.
Spanish Falange of the Councils for the National Syndicalist Offensive Falange Española de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista | |
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| Leader | Norberto Pedro Pico Sanabria |
| Founded | 4 October 1976 |
| Preceded by | FET y de las JONS |
| Headquarters | C/ Carranza 13 2º 28004, Madrid |
| Newspaper | En Marcha (from 2017) Patria Sindicalista (1977–2017) |
| Ideology | Falangism • Ultranationalism • National syndicalism • Third Position • Republicanism • Anti-capitalism • Anti-communism • Anti-liberalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| National affiliation | ADÑ–Spanish Identity |
| Colors | Red Black |
| Anthem | Cara al Sol |
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| Website | |
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History
editAfter the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, and coinciding with the period known as the Spanish Transition, a destabilization campaign led by some sectors of the right, trying to repeat the strategy of the 1930s, began. Originally, FE-JONS was linked with the neofascist terrorism in Spain, along with other similar groups.[2] A prominent member of the party was linked with the 1977 Massacre of Atocha. This strategy continued in the following years,[3][4] although the party also participated in elections and fully legal activities. In 1980 an "escuadrilla" (squadron) of the party killed Juan Carlos García Pérez in Ciudad Lineal, Madrid.[5]
After the electoral defeat in the general elections of 1977, in which the candidacies openly defending neo-francoist positions gained less than the 1% of the vote, the party begun a gradual distancing from the Franco regime, highlighting the thoughts of pre-Franco falangists, like José Antonio Primo de Rivera or Ramiro Ledesma.[6] In 1979 the Círculos Doctrinales José Antonio joined the organization, in an attempt to unite neofalangists under a single political party. The same year FE-JONS formed a coalition with Fuerza Nueva and various Carlist political organizations called National Union. The coalition gained 1 MP in the elections of that year, gaining 378,964 votes (2.11%). The party didn't participate in the 23-F coup attempt.
Raimundo Fernández-Cuesta, the "National Chief" of the party since its foundation, resigned in 1983. Diego Márquez Horrillo (1928-2014) was elected as the new chief the same year. Since then the party fully broke with Francoism, declaring itself the successor of the original Falange Española de las JONS, and fully rejecting the "Unification Decree" of 1937.
In 1999, a sector of the party split, forming La Falange. In 2004, the small faction Falange Española Independiente (FEI) joined FE-JONS. In 2011 the organization elected a new national chief, Norberto Pedro Pico Sanabria. Pico was an ex-member of the FEI. In 2012 another small faction, Mesa Nacional Falangista, joined FE-JONS.[7]
In March 2020, Luz Belinda Rodríguez, a member of the Parliament of Andalusia who had left Vox to become an unaffiliated legislator in January 2020,[8] reportedly joined the Falange and vowed to bring the initiatives of FE-JONS to the Parliament of Andalusia.[9] She then quit the Falange to found her own party.[10]
On July 8, 2023, the Junta Electoral Central gave permission for the Falange to use their anthem Cara al Sol in advertisement, citing that the lyrics themselves do not violate the Democratic Memory Law and do not incite conflict or hatred against any specific group.[11]
On October 29, 2024, La Falange announced it would be rejoining FE-JONS after 48 years.[12]
Electoral performance
editCortes Generales
edit| Cortes Generales | ||||||||
| Election | Leading candidate | Congress | Senate | Government | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
| 1977 | 46,548 | 0.25 | 0 / 350
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New | 0 / 208
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New | No seats | |
| 1979 | In coalition with National Union | 1 / 350
|
 1
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0 / 208
|
 0
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Opposition | ||
| 1982 | 2,528 | 0.01 | 0 / 350
|
 1
|
0 / 208
|
0
|
No seats | |
| 1986 | 43,449 | 0.22 | 0 / 350
|
0
|
0 / 208
|
0
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No seats | |
| 1989 | 24,025 | 0.12 | 0 / 350
|
0
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0 / 208
|
0
|
No seats | |
| 1993 | 8,000 | 0.03 | 0 / 350
|
0
|
0 / 208
|
0
|
No seats | |
| 2004 | 12,266 | 0.05 | 0 / 350
|
0
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0 / 208
|
0
|
No seats | |
| 2008 | 14,023 | 0.05 | 0 / 350
|
0
|
0 / 208
|
0
|
No seats | |
| 2011 | 2,901 | 0.01 | 0 / 350
|
0
|
0 / 208
|
0
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No seats | |
| 2015 | 7,495 | 0.03 | 0 / 350
|
0
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0 / 208
|
0
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No seats | |
| 2016 | 9,862 | 0.04 | 0 / 350
|
0
|
0 / 208
|
0
|
No seats | |
| Apr. 2019 | 641 | 0.00 | 0 / 350
|
0
|
0 / 208
|
0
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Snap election | |
| Nov. 2019 | 608 | 0.00 | 0 / 350
|
0
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0 / 208
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0
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No seats | |
| 2023 | Norberto Pico | 4,683 | 0.02 | 0 / 350
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0
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0 / 208
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0
|
No seats |
Symbols
edit- Yoke and arrows, the symbol of the Catholic Monarchs.
- The blue shirt, a symbol of industrial workers.
- Cara al Sol, "Facing the sun", its anthem.
- A flag with red and black vertical stripes.
- The Swan as a symbol of Grand Inquisitor Cisneros (1436–1517) (universitarian branch).
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ «Nuevo grupo FE de las JONS». El País. 10 de septiembre de 1976.
- ^ [1]José Luis Rodríguez Jiménez. Los terrorismos en la crisis del franquismo y en la transición política a la democracia. Historia del presente, ISSN 1579-8135, Nº 13, 2009, pages 133-151
- ^ Violento recorrido por Madrid de una caravana de extrema derecha.
- ^ Barbarie falangista
- ^ Diez años de prisión a uno de los implicados en el caso San Bao Diario ABC, 9 de julio de 1983.
- ^ Sheelagh M. Ellwood, Paul Preston, Historia de la Falange, p.255.
- ^ La Mesa Nacional Falangista y FE de las JONS acuerdan integrarse en una misma organización.
- ^ "Aprobado que Luz Belinda Rodríguez sea diputada no adscrita tras salir de Vox". La Vanguardia. 24 January 2020.
- ^ Cela, Daniel (2020-03-15). "La diputada almeriense que dejó Vox se une a Falange y llevará sus iniciativas al Parlamento de Andalucía". elDiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ "Una exdiputada de Vox en Andalucía monta un partido para presentarse a las autonómicas". The Objective | Noticias exclusivas y opiniones libres en abierto (in Spanish). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ "La Junta Electoral ratifica el derecho de la Falange: el Cara al sol sonará en las televisiones públicas". El Independiente (in Spanish). 2023-08-07.
- ^ "La Falange Española y la Falange de las JONS se vuelven a unir 48 años después". The Objective. 2024-10-29.
External links
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- Falange Española de las JONS (in Spanish)