Overview
- The Sánchez government says nearly 500 commemorative events will run through year-end, featuring multilingual messaging such as a Catalan banner on Madrid’s Gran Vía and additional posts in Galician and Basque.
- Major newsrooms published special packages and editorials reassessing the dictatorship, the Transition and current politics, highlighting diverse interpretations.
- A CIS survey cited in coverage finds about one in five Spaniards rate the dictatorship as good or very good, while Vox polls around 18.8% nationally and close to 30% among voters aged 18 to 34.
- Regional memory work continues: in the Balearic Islands 334 sets of remains have been recovered from Franco-era graves, 67 identified, and 40 symbols from the period remain in public spaces.
- The milestone has renewed concern over historical knowledge and online misinformation affecting younger audiences, prompting explainers and context pieces on the regime’s record.