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At 44 years apart, two funeral ceremonies for General Franco. For the Spanish press, the exhumed dictator died a second time. His remains are now in the Mingorrubio cemetery in the city of Prado, a suburb of Madrid. The Catalan newspaper Ara regrets "the exaltation of Franco (...): what should be an act of democratic reparation has highlighted a shameful historical continuity." With less than three weeks of parliamentary elections on November 10, this ceremony is an "electoral exhumation" for La Razon who regrets that what should have been a discreet transfer turned into a spectacle. Sanchez's Spain clings to Franco's coffin, according to ABC . Far from political quarrels, El Periodico wishes a "Hasta Nunca" to the dictator and greets the end of an offense. Valle de Los Caidos, where more than 30 000 victims of the civil war lie, "is no longer a place of apology for Francoism". The Guardian recalls that for the families of the victims, this removal of Franco does not offer burial to their relatives buried in the mass graves of the mausoleum.
The British press arbitrates the showdown between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. The British Prime Minister sent a letter to his Labor opponent to vote for early elections on 12 December. "End the nightmare Corbyn," asks Boris Johnson on the front page of the Daily Telegraph . I points out that the Labor leader is threatening to block the election, with the Labor vote needed to win a two-thirds majority in Westminster. For the Metro newspaper, Boris Jonhson is now trying a "Brexmas".
On the front page of Libération , a dossier on the mysteries of Rouen. One month after the spectacular fire at the Lubrizol factory, the inhabitants of the city and the surrounding area are still in the fog between "suspicion and disillusionment". A mystery that remains as thick as the emanations from buildings Lubrizol.