“Assalto alla giustizia”: come gli attacchi dell’estrema destra stanno minacciando lo stato di diritto in Europa

“Basically, a pretty significant part of the population didn’t see any big problem,” he said. “They were not concerned with institutions, the constitutional court, the judiciary … but more interested in, say, their social welfare situation.”

“They normalised the use of exceptional, fast-track lawmaking, rolled back key fundamental rights protections, and led a concerted campaign against watchdog organisations,”

In Spain, they use the courts and lawsuits as means of intimidation. So basically they file lawsuits against everyone left-wing when they do a sketch or say an opinion which they are not comfortable with. And complicit judges admit those lawsuits, which are a loss of time and money. But they create fear, and not everyone can afford a lenghty process. So they use these lawsuits as a weapon.