For weeks in the buildup to Spain’s snap election, it had seemed a foregone conclusion that a coalition of rightwing parties would win, potentially opening a door to power for the far-right Vox party. Instead, the outcome led to a hung parliament dominated by the conservative People’s party, and the socialist party of the current leader, Pedro Sánchez.
Madrid-based illustrator Federico Yankelevich’s depiction, on the magazine’s cover this week, of a fascist eagle casting a shadow over Spain’s flag sums up the anxieties felt by many in the country: “The values of the old Catholic national morality hovering threateningly over Spanish democracy,” as he put it.
