A lot of the mystique around the Royal Family has been stripped away recently with a whole swathe of scandals. A few weeks ago Juan Carlos I had to flee to the Dominican Republic over some shady deals with the Saudis. That's on top of his involvement in the Panama Papers and a bunch of sex scandals that don't play too well to the monarchy's Catholic base. There's also a strong radical republican tradition, particularly in Catalunya, Aragon and Euskadi (Basque country). The whole country has been "on the verge of collapse" in some way since Franco died with a big push for independence in Catalunya and Euskadi and because of the compromises to fascism in the 1978 constitution. Nowadays, a lot of right-wingers cling to the monarchy to "own the libs", but Spanish fascism (which is making a big comeback) has always had a rocky relationship with the royal family so that's not a strong source of support.
Yeah there's a big push because of some controversy with the royal family. There's reason to believe their upcoming election in 2021 will decide things to an extent.
Do you mind explaining? Is there a big push to abolish the monarchy? I'd love to see the old school purple spanish republic flag again.
A lot of the mystique around the Royal Family has been stripped away recently with a whole swathe of scandals. A few weeks ago Juan Carlos I had to flee to the Dominican Republic over some shady deals with the Saudis. That's on top of his involvement in the Panama Papers and a bunch of sex scandals that don't play too well to the monarchy's Catholic base. There's also a strong radical republican tradition, particularly in Catalunya, Aragon and Euskadi (Basque country). The whole country has been "on the verge of collapse" in some way since Franco died with a big push for independence in Catalunya and Euskadi and because of the compromises to fascism in the 1978 constitution. Nowadays, a lot of right-wingers cling to the monarchy to "own the libs", but Spanish fascism (which is making a big comeback) has always had a rocky relationship with the royal family so that's not a strong source of support.
Also the Spanish Republican flag fucking rules.
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Yeah there's a big push because of some controversy with the royal family. There's reason to believe their upcoming election in 2021 will decide things to an extent.