Foralismo, derechos históricos y democracia

The Spanish Constitution of 1978 includes political demands and traditions in expressing an unwavering wish to respect and support what it defines as the “Historic Rights of Territories with fueros (historic charters)”. For some, these rights allude to a different system of self-government from the rest of Spain, restricted to Navarre and the Basque Country; for others, they also include the private law regime of Aragon; while the rest include Catalonia and Galicia. The use of these rights involves accepting special distinct political personalities and specific forms of achieving the legal development of these identities. The future projection of these rights depends on them being updated, which must be done through democratic means.