Juan Carlos calls it a day

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Bye Juan Carlos, hello Felipe!

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27662301

Right decision.

[politicus]

I am not saying he brought democracy to a people with no desire or concept of democracy. He simply did the right thing. But how many leaders have done the right thing? The number of autocrats who voluntary elected to reduce their powers in favour of more democratic government can be counted on one hand, maybe two.

King John, one of the Frederiks in Denmark, Juan Carlos...

The seventh. Still, the leader of the National Liberals had warned that they might be "driven to the self help of despair" if he didn't.. .
But historians agree that he didn't have any real interest in governing anything since he was basically an immature individual - sort of the boy that never grow up.

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Catalonia is not Crimea, don't you know? However, economic consequences of secession might be terrible in both sides and the political and territorial stability of what would remain of Spain might be in distress.

Why would the economic consequences be terrible? Both states would still be in the EU with free movement of goods and persons.