 Due to the spread of democracy excluding the Soviet Block in Europe since the Second World War, Carlos could or would not have been a dictator in the way Franco had been.By 1973 Franco had surrendered the function of prime minister ("Presidente del Gobierno"), remaining only as head of state and commander in chief of the military.As his final years progressed, tensions within the various factions of the "Movimiento" would consume Spanish political life, as varying groups jockeyed for position in an effort to win control of the country's future.