"The Spanish monarchy is in great danger"

Normalian and associate of history, professor in preparatory classes, Benoît Pellistrandi has notably published “History of Spain, from the Napoleonic wars to the present day” (Perrin, 2013) and “The Catalan Labyrinth” (Desclée de Brouwer, 2019).

LE FIGARO. - It is said that the Spaniards are not monarchists, but "Juancarlists". Before his moral rout, was Juan Carlos still loved by the Spaniards?

Benoît PELLISTRANDI. - Juan Carlos was an immensely popular man. The expression "juancarlistes" is a way of paying homage to the reconciling king. Because Juan Carlos allowed Spain to emerge peacefully from the Franco dictatorship. Reconciliation was not a good feeling, it was necessary to close the wounds of the civil war and build a constitutional framework in which all the political forces had their place, even the most radical; the Communists, the Basque separatists, the Catalan nationalists, the Socialist-Republicans. Juan

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