Spain’s Partido Popular blocks motion to denounce Franco

Wed, May 22, 2013, 02:00

Guy Hedgecoe

Gen Franco who triggered the three-year civil war by leading a military coup against the democratically elected Republican government. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Gen Franco who triggered the three-year civil war by leading a military coup against the democratically elected Republican government. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Spain’s struggle to come to terms with the legacy of its civil war and the ensuing dictatorship has lifted its head again as the governing Partido Popular (PP) blocked an initiative to condemn the right-wing regime of Francisco Franco.

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