The Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, through the Commissioner for the ‘Celebration of Spain in Freedom 50 years’, has presented a program of 480 new activities, which will take place in November and December throughout the Spanish territory, as well as its future lines of work, which will be extended in 2026.
The cultural and informative activities are programmed to generate, throughout the national territory, spaces for reflection and for the celebration of the rights and freedoms achieved in Spain in the last 50 years.
The Government’s delegations and sub-delegations will be in charge of carrying out the program, which can be consulted in www.espanaenlibertad.gob.es
From Ceuta to Lugo, passing through Cáceres, Pamplona, Las Palmas, Jaén, Illes Balears or Tarragona, all the provinces will host concerts, street performances, murals, podcasts, theatrical workshops, exhibitions, audiovisual projections or conferences.
Ángel Víctor Torres stressed that “celebrating half a century of freedom is also celebrating the plurality that defines us as a country. Spain is a diverse state, rich in territories, languages, traditions and cultural expressions. Therefore, it makes sense for the commemorative program to be decentralized, so that every corner of our country participates and contributes its voice to this celebration of the democratic values we share.”
Other activities undertaken by the Commissioner are the result of partnerships with multiple entities, both public and civil society, including ministries, colleges, institutes, universities, associations, international agencies, artists, festivals or producers. In this way, among other examples, morning performances and lectures of the play ‘1936’ have been promoted in various locations. A specific program has also been developed within the Europalia festival in Belgium, the San Sebastian Film Festival or the Eñe Festival 2025 and dozens of initiatives of collectives and artists linked to democratic memory have been supported.
Democracy is your power
In parallel, ‘Democracy is your power’, a communication campaign launched this week, involves and reinforces these messages with the focus on the importance of defending democratic values.
The main objective of #LaDemocracyEsTuPoder is to invite to reflection the youngest generations, born from the 90s, which are 15 million Spanish and Spanish.
This campaign claims and updates the rights and freedoms conquered by Spanish society over these five decades.
The Government, with more than 480 activities, wants to bring the conversation around democracy to all areas of society and our lives. Through an audiovisual manifesto, the rights that make up our democracy are listed: “poder opinar, poder creer o no creer, poder ser de derechas, de izquierdas, de centro o poder ser de nada”.
And abroad, through headline-based signage, the diversity that fits within democracy is raised. The campaign will also be developed with a communication strategy on social networks and on media such as radio.
Youth and Democracy
The Commissioner for the Celebration of Spain’s 50th Anniversary in Freedom has drawn up several lines of work to guide its activity and objectives: commemorations and festivals; uncomfortable past and possible future; popular memories; and youth and democracy.
The latter, from 2026, will be the main line of work. ‘Spain in Libertad. 50 Años’ aims, through grants for academic research, creation and training, to give voice to those who have already been born in a democracy to listen and understand their different points of view about the past, the present and the future. In this way, a collaboration agreement has been concluded with the Youth Council, with the aim of creating a territorial network of young people for democracy. Likewise, there are already collaboration agreements with the INJUVE (National Youth Institute), the Navarre Institute of Memory, the RedMemoria Educación or the Euromemories European Memory Observatory.
In addition, work is already being done on the elaboration of a video game that will serve to understand what are the personal and political attitudes that threaten democracy, an extension of the already existing agreement with the San Sebastian Film Festival with a section dedicated exclusively to young people and a specific line of work with disseminators in the digital field.
“We want to work with our youth, making them participate and protagonist, so that they have an active role in the actions that are going to be organized to celebrate and make known the democratic memory of Spain,” explained Commissioner Carmina Gustrán. “We want our work to be an opportunity to strengthen democratic values and peaceful coexistence, as well as allowing spaces for young people to build dialogues with our history and new contemporary discourses,” he added.
