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Member of French Socialist party, during demonstration over proposed pension reforms, Paris, France,

France: what has happened to the country’s Left?

Walter Ellis | France

France’s parties of the Left will be lucky if they can jointly muster a quarter of the popular vote come April. How did it come to this?

A far right wing supporter of Franco wearing a mask with the pre-constitutional symbol raising her hand making a fascist salute and holding a pre-constitutional flag during a rally to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the death of Spanish former dictator Francisco Franco at Plaza de Oriente. Franco’s forces triumphed in the Spanish Civil war of 1936-1939.

Spain: time to forget the forgetting

Walter Ellis | Europe

While banning the veneration of Franco is a step too far, his 36-year dictatorship is a dark stain on Spanish history.