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It could be said that the transition emerged in 1976 (''[[:File:XXX|Referendum on Political Reform]]'' map), culminated in 1978 (Constitution approval), consolidated in 1979 (''[[:File:XXX|Municipal Elections of 1979. Leftist Victory in Provincial Capitals]]'' map) and with the disappearance of the secular military leadership after the failed coup d’état led by Tejero, became a milestone. The Socialist Party came to power and Spain became a member of NATO and the European Community. But why is it said that it emerged? The historians study how, under the tense Francoist surface, since the end of the sixties, Spain had developed a confluence of social, economic or cultural “transitions”, from which the political transition, once the dictator had died, was the inexorable end. The country was leaving behind the bipolar social division, which the old politicians –unable to overcome it– preferred to agitate. Now, in contrast, the new politics were building a free democracy for everyone. And Spain stands itself in front of its own history, 500 years after 1492, as a united nation, free from grudges, transparent, powerful and open to the world. The current Spanish generations will thus know, with the faithful memory of a former divisive past, how to effectively face the 21st century.

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