Spanish NGO says govt flouting own Franco memory law

Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made rehabilitating the memory of the 1939-1975 dictatorship's victims one of his flagship policies. A democratic memory law was introduced in 2022 to honour victims and pressure local governments to eliminate symbols of the regime. But Madrid's imposing Victory Arch, built in the 1950s on a busy roundabout to celebrate the victory of Franco's fascist-backed nationalists in the 1936-1939 civil war, is a standout example of the symbols that linger. The...