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.
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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