Free and Equal (Spain)
Free and Equal is a Spanish civic organisation born as a reaction against Catalan nationalism. According to the movement, its aims are "defending democratic principles, mobilising Spanish society against Catalan independence, and delegitimising nationalism".
The organisation's name alludes to article 1 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen as well as the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It was launched on the 15th July 2014 outside the Congreso de los Diputados with headline manifesto promises of "reclaiming the 1978 Spanish constitution", rejecting the "breakup" of the national sovereignty of Spanish people, and a search for a pact of major Spanish political parties against secessionism.
Following the 2015 local and regional elections, the group called for PP, PSOE, UPyD and C's to create a pact against populism, with the objective of "preventing populist contamination from lethally eroding the institutions and fundamental bases of Spanish democracy".
