Party for Freedom Partido por la Libertad | |
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Founded | 25 February 2013 |
Headquarters | c/ Walia nº 4. escalera izquierda, 1º D, Madrid |
Ideology | Spanish nationalism Euroscepticism Anti-Islam Anti-immigration Identitarianism [1] [2] |
Political position | Far-right |
National affiliation | RESPETO [3] |
Local Government | 2 / 68,286 |
Website | |
partidoxlalibertad.es | |
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In 2012, Josep Anglada of PxC announced the launch of the Plataforma por la Libertad (PxL, English: Platform for Freedom), an expansion of the party into the rest of Spain. [4] Anglada and the PxL have protested against the construction of mosques in Spain. [5] Plataforma por la Libertad was refounded in 2013 as the Party for Freedom. [6] [7] PxL run in many municipalities in the local elections of 2015, gaining two town councillors (one in Alfoz de Lloredo [8] and another in Valdeavero [9] ).
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