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Amnesia, nostalgia, healing: Spain grapples with Franco legacy 50 years on

Half a century has passed since Franco’s dictatorship ended with his death, but some in Spain still valorise his rule.

An image of late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco decorates a table of the tapas restaurant 'Una Grande Libre', in Madrid, Spain, November 10, 2025. November 20, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death. In Spain, the public display, distribution, or use of dictator Franco symbols and propaganda is not punishable by law unless it humiliates the victims or there's a glorification of the dictatorship. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

In Spain, parents gather at school gates to remember Gaza’s child victims

Aghast at the scale of Israel’s onslaught, a group in the city of Granada protests ‘against genocide’.

Spain protest

What’s next for Catalonia after secessionists’ historic loss?

The seccesionists are down, but not out. And an amnesty law and government formation talks mean uncertainty is ahead.

Socialist candidate Salvador Illa waves to supporters after the announcement of the results of the elections to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona, Sunday May 12, 2024. The Socialists led by former health minister Illa won a majority of 42 seats, up from their 33 seats in 2021 when they also barely won the most votes but were unable to form a government. They will still need to earn the backing of other parties to put Illa in charge.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

‘No means no’: How Portugal resisted the far right, but only just

Portugal’s conservatives formed minority government without hard right but, as Chega rises in the polls, can it last?

Luis Montenegro, leader of the centre-right Democratic Alliance, delivers a speech to supporters claiming victory in Portugal's election, in Lisbon, on March 11, 2024 [Armando Franca/AP]

Portugal braces for snap election as far right advances

Chega, an Islamophobic nationalist party, is predicted to win a large chunk of support in Sunday’s vote.

A woman holds a cup of coffee at a coffee shop in Sao Vicente e Ventosa, where in 2022 Chega garnered the highest share of votes in a Portuguese civil parish - 28.3% - four times its national result then, in Elvas, Portugal, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

After Spain’s right fell short of outright victory, what next?

An uncertain future awaits Spain after Partido Popular performed worse than expected while the Socialists rebounded.

Spain's Socialist Party leader and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and opposition People's Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo are pictured alongside Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) candidate Aitor Esteban on a poster reading, 'Sanchez?, Feijoo? Here, PNV.' in Bilbao, Spain, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent West

Spain’s snap vote: How it works and what to expect on July 23

Spain goes to polls next Sunday with no party expected to secure an outright majority in the 350-seat parliament.

Spanish People's Party candidate Alberto Nunez Feijoo and Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist candidate Pedro Sanchez

Spain’s snap vote: Catalans fear right-wing takeover

Final opinion polls project that the right-wing PP party will win a majority in a coalition with the far-right Vox.

Spain's far-right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal

Spain’s snap vote: Has Sánchez bitten off more than he can chew?

After his party’s severe losses in local polls, Spain’s prime minister brought forward the national vote by four months.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez takes part in the kick-off event for the general election campaign, in Madrid, Spain, 06 July 2023. Spain will hold its general election on 23 July.

Could far-right Vox party become Spain’s kingmaker in July vote?

Polls indicate that Spain’s ultraconservative party could become the kingmaker of the national government.

Vox party