Spain: the list of the institutions that reject the socialist attack against the rule of law

@ElentirENG ES 11·11·2023 · 7:01 0

In recent days, many institutions have spoken out against the PSOE's attack on the rule of law in Spain.

Criticism of the socialist coup in Spain from national and foreign media
The Spanish Judiciary describes the pact between the PSOE and Puigdemont as “a flagrant attack on the separation of powers”

These institutions have based their rejection mainly on the fact that the pact between socialists and separatists represents an attack against judicial independence and equality before the law and others have also alleged something equally or more important than that: the threat it poses to national unity. You can see here a list of the institutions that have already spoken out against this pact. This list will be updated as new institutional statements become known.

List updated on 11/26/2023 6:50 p.m.

Some data from this list, currently made up of 194 institutions, among others:

• 11 autonomous governments.
• 26 entities in the judicial field, including the Supreme Court, the 17 TSJ and the 4 largest associations of judges.
• All prosecutors associations.
• 51 entities of lawyers, court secretaries and attorneys.
• 559 notaries.
• 28 state officials associations.
• 39 business, professional and commercial entities.
• 22 media outlets.

Political parties with parliamentary representation and parliamentary groups

• Parliamentary group of the European People's Party (EPP), the majority parliamentary group of the European Parliament, with 178 MEPs and 47 parties from 27 countries.
• Parliamentary group of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), which brings together 66 MEPs and 20 parties from 16 countries.
• Partido Popular (PP), winner of the July general election.
• Vox, third most voted party in Spain in the July general elections.
• Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN), fourth party with the most votes in the Foral Community of Navarra.
• PSOE of Antas (Almería). It has registered a motion against the amnesty promoted by the national leadership of his own party.

Autonomous governments

• Junta de Andalucía.
• Gobierno de Aragón.
• Gobierno de las Islas Baleares.
• Gobierno de Cantabria.
• Junta de Castilla y León.
• Junta de Extremadura.
• Xunta de Galicia.
• Comunidad de Madrid.
• Gobierno de Murcia.
• Gobierno de La Rioja.
• Generalidad Valenciana.

Judiciary

• General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the highest governing body of Justice in Spain.
• Supreme Court.
• Superior Court of Justice of Andalucía, Ceuta and Melilla.
• Superior Court of Justice of Aragon.
• Superior Court of Justice of Asturias.
• Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.
• Superior Court of Justice of Cantabria.
• Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha.
• Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León.
• Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia.
• Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community.
• Superior Court of Justice of Extremadura.
• Superior Court of Justice of Galicia.
• Superior Court of Justice of Madrid.
• Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country.
• Superior Court of Justice of the Region of Murcia.
• Superior Court of Justice of Navarra.
• Superior Court of Justice of La Rioja.
• Permanent Commission of the Presidents of Provincial Courts of Spain.
• Ibero-American Group of the International Association of Judges (IAJ), an organization that brings together national associations of judges from 92 countries.
• Asociación Profesional de la Magistratura (APM), majority association of judges in Spain, with 1,355 associate judges (source).
• Asociación Judicial Francisco de Vitoria, with 859 associate judges (source).
• Juezas y Jueces para la Democracia, related to the PSOE, with 436 associate judges (source).
• Foro Judicial Independiente, with 335 associate judges (source).
• Senior judges from 80 judicial districts throughout Spain.

Prosecutors

• Asociación de Fiscales.
• Unión Progresista de Fiscales.
• Asociación Profesional e Independiente de Fiscales.

Lawyers, court secretaries and attorneys

• International Bar Association (IBA), association formed by 80,000 lawyers from more than 170 countries.
• Asociación de Abogados del Estado (State Lawyers Association).
• Ilustre Colegio Nacional de Letrados de la Administración de Justicia (Illustrious National College of Lawyers of the Administration of Justice).
• Consejo General de Procuradores de España (CGPE) (General Council of Attorneys of Spain).
• Asociación de los Cuerpos de Letrados y Auditores del Tribunal de Cuentas (Association of the Corps of Lawyers and Auditors of the Court of Accounts).
• Unión Progresista de Letrados de la Administración de Justicia (Progressive Union of Lawyers of the Administration of Justice).
• Asociación Profesional del Cuerpo Superior de Letrados de la Administración de la Seguridad Social (Professional Association of the Higher Corps of Lawyers of the Social Security Administration).
• Asociación de Técnicos Comerciales y Economistas del Estado (ACTEE) (Association of Commercial Technicians and State Economists).
• Asociación de Funcionarios del Cuerpo Superior de Vigilancia Aduanera-Investigación (AEAT) (Association of Officials of the Higher Customs Surveillance-Investigation Corps).
• Andalusian Council of Lawyers Colleges.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Alicante.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Almería.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Badajoz.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Cartagena.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Cádiz.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Cantabria.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Ciudad Real.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Granada.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Guadalajara.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Balearic Islands.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Jerez.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Lorca.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Madrid (ICAM).

Illustrious College of Lawyers of Málaga.

• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Melilla.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Murcia.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Salamanca
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Seville.
• Illustrious College of Lawyers of Valencia.
• Constitutional Section of the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Barcelona(ICAB).
• Illustrious College of Attorneys of Madrid (ICPM).
• Illustrious College of Attorneys of Seville.
• Asociación de Letrados de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (ASLACAM) (Association of Court Secretaries of the Community Council of Castilla-La Mancha).
• Catalan lawyers and attorneys in defense of the rule of law.
• Pérez-Llorca Law Firm.
• Garrigues Law Firm.
• Broseta Law Firm.
• Ontier Law Firm.
• White & Case Law Firm.
• Uría Menéndez Law Firm.
• Cuatrecasas Law Firm.
• Ashurst Law Firm.
• Eversheds Sutherland Spain Law Firm.
• DLA Piper España Law Firm.
• Ceca Magán Law Firm.
• Andersen in Spain Law Firm.
• Elzaburu Law Firm.
• Ayuela Jiménez Law Firm.
• MA Abogados Law Firm.
• Cases & Lacambra Law Firm.
• Allen & Overy Spain Law Firm.
• Simmons & Simmons Spain Law Firm.
• Navarro Abogados y Consultores Law Firm.

Notaries

• Manifesto of 559 notaries in defense of the rule of law.

State officials

• Association of Spanish Diplomats.
• Association of State Treasury Inspectors.
• Union of Labor and Social Security Inspectors.
• Asociación de Interventores y Auditores del Estado (ACSIAE).
• Asociación del Cuerpo Superior de Administradores Civiles del Estado (Association of the Higher Corps of State Civil Administrators).
• Asociación de Funcionarios de Cuerpos Superiores del Tribunal de Cuentas (AFCS) (Association of Officials of Higher Corps of the Court of Accounts).
• Asociación Profesional del Cuerpo Superior de Técnicos de la Administración de la Seguridad Social (Professional Association of the Higher Body of Technicians of the Social Security Administration).
• Asociación Profesional de Médicos Evaluadores de la Seguridad Social (Professional Association of Social Security Evaluating Doctors).
• Asociación Profesional del Cuerpo Superior de Interventores y
  Auditores de la Administración de la Seguridad Social (Professional Association of the Superior Body of Auditors and Auditors of the Social Security Administration).
• Asociación Profesional de Secretarios, Interventores y Tesoreros de Administración Local (Professional Association of Secretaries, Auditors and Treasurers of Local Administration).
• Central Sindical Independiente y de Funcionarios (CSIF).
• Asociación Española de Guardias Civiles.
• Asociación Unificada de Guardias Civiles (AUGC), the majority association in the Civil Guard.
• Jucil, professional association of the Civil Guard.
• Asociación Pro Guardia Civil (APROGC).
• Asociación Profesional de Cabos de la Guardia Civil (APC-GC).
• Asociación profesional de Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil.
• Unión de Oficiales Guardia Civil Profesional.
• Alternativa Sindical de Policía (ASP).
• Confederación Española de Policía (CEP).
• Policía S.XXI.
• Sindicato Unificado de Policía (SUP).
• Jupol, union of the National Police Corps.
• Unión Federal de Policía (UFP).
• Association of Retirees of the National Police.

Academic world

• Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain.
• Public statement by more than 300 professors, magistrates, lawyers, university professors, academics of jurisprudence and legislation, and moral and political sciences, and other legal professionals, against the amnesty.
• Manifesto of more than 100 writers, historians and intellectuals.
• Faculty of Law of the CEU San Pablo University.
• Foro de Profesores.
• Docentes Libres.
• Hay Derecho.
• Historiadors de Catalunya.
• Profesores por la Libertad de Elección de Lengua.
• Asociación de Profesores por el Bilingüismo.

Business, professional and trade organizations

• Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE).
• Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME).
• National Federation of Self-Employed Workers Associations (ATA).
• Círculo de Empresarios.
• Business Circle of Southern Spain (CESUR).
• Confederation of Businessmen of Andalusia (CEA).
• Business Association of Consulting Engineers of Andalusia (ASICA).
• Foment del Treball Nacional, association of businessmen of Catalonia.
• Confederation of Businessmen of Galicia (CEG).
• Madrid Business Confederation (CEIM).
• Unión Interprofesional de la Comunidad de Madrid (UICM).
• Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía.
• Business Confederation of the Province of Almería (ASEMPAL).
• CEOE Ávila.
• Confederation of Businessmen of the province of Cádiz (CEC).
• Confederation of Businessmen of Córdoba (CECO).
• Huelva Federation of Businessmen (FOE).
• Grenadine Confederation of Businessmen (CGE).
• Confederation of Businessmen of Jaén (CEJ).
• Confederation of Businessmen of Málaga (CEM).
• CEOE-CEPYME Salamanca.
• CEOE Valladolid.
• Leonese Federation of Entrepreneurs (FELE).
• Leonese Business Circle (CEL).
• Association of Businessmen and Professionals CIT Marbella.
• Segovian Business Federation (FES).
• Confederation of Businessmen of Seville (CES).
• Chambers of Commerce of the Valencian Community.
• Chamber of Commerce of Alicante.
• Chamber of Commerce of Almería.
• Chamber of Commerce of Ávila.
• Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena.
• Chamber of Commerce of León.
• Chamber of Commerce of Lorca.
• Chamber of Commerce of Murcia.
• Chamber of Commerce of Palencia.
• Chamber of Commerce of Salamanca.
• Chamber of Commerce of Segovia.
• College of Physicians of Seville.

Media

• The Wall Street Journal.
• The Times.
• The Guardian.
• Le Monde.
• El Mundo.
• Abc.
• El Debate.
• La Razón.
• Libertad Digital.
• El Español.
• The Objective.
• Vozpópuli.
• Cadena COPE.
• 20 Minutos.
• La Gaceta de la Iberosfera.
• El Economista.
• El Correo.
• Heraldo de Aragón.
• Las Provincias.
• Diario de Navarra.
• La Gaceta Regional de Salamanca.
• Hoy Aragón.

NOTE: in addition to the aforementioned entities, numerous associations and civic platforms are speaking out in the same sense and have joined mobilizations against this attack on the Rule of Law. Due to the difficulty of indicating them all, a specific list dedicated to them has not been made here.