Overview
- Spain’s Supreme Court upheld public ownership of the Pazo de Meirás and recognized a right for Franco’s heirs to be indemnified for maintenance costs.
- Minister Ángel Víctor Torres pledged a legal fight against compensating the heirs and called for support from all administrations.
- Execution proceedings to set any amount will begin in A Coruña’s first-instance court, and the State Attorney’s Office indicates the matter should be referred to the Audiencia Provincial.
- Galicia’s president, Alfonso Rueda, offered political and legal backing to prevent a payout if it proves legally viable.
- BNG and other parties announced institutional moves to block compensation, as the government advances plans to open Meirás as a Democratic Memory site with Patrimonio Nacional.