In Spain the ageing Franco still clings firmly to power-while making preparations for a smooth take-over by his successor.
But can the rigid autocracy created by Franco survive into the 70s? Will the mounting pressures of discontent in industry and in the universities bring about drastic changes in the form of government endured by Spain for 30 years?
This is the subject Europa looks at tonight - with the aid of the cameras of European television.
Introduced by Derek Hart