Editing Juan Carlos I (section)

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[[File:Madrid - Manifestación republicana - 140602 210231-2.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[Republicanism|Republican]] demonstration in the [[Puerta del Sol]] on the day that Juan Carlos announced his decision to abdicate]]

The Spanish press gave the announcement a broadly positive reception, but described the moment as an "institutional crisis" and "a very important moment in the history of democratic Spain".<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27678999 |title=Press sees Spain at "crossroads" |publisher=BBC |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref> Around Spain and in major cities (including London) the news was met by [[Republicanism|republican]] celebration and protests, calling for the end of the monarchy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27675728 |title=King Carlos abdication: Thousands join anti-monarchy protest |work=BBC News |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ben Quinn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/03/rally-at-spanish-embassy-in-london-calls-for-monarchy-referendum |title=Spaniards in London echo calls for referendum on monarchy |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref>

Catalan leader [[Artur Mas]] said that the news of the King's abdication would not slow down the process of independence for [[Catalonia]].<ref name="autogenerated3" /> [[Iñigo Urkullu]], the President of the Basque government, concluded that the King's reign was "full of light yet also darkness" and said that his successor Felipe should remember that "the Basque Question has not been resolved".<ref>{{cite news |title=Urkullu recuerda al futuro Rey que "la cuestión vasca no está resuelta" [Urkullu reminds the future king that "the Basque Question is not yet resolved"] |url=http://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/politica/201406/02/urkullu-recuerda-futuro-cuestion-20140602122532.html |access-date=5 June 2014 |work=El Correo |date=2 June 2014}}</ref> Other regional leaders had more positive evaluations of Juan Carlos following his decision to abdicate: [[Alberto Núñez Feijóo]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] called him "the King of Democracy" who "guaranteed the continuation of constitutional monarchy"<ref>{{cite news |title=Feijóo agradece el trabajo del Rey y ve a Felipe preparado para el relevo [Feijóo thanks the work of the king and sees Felipe as prepared for the future] |url=http://www.farodevigo.es/galicia/2014/06/02/feijoo-agradece-trabajo-rey-ve/1034902.html |access-date=5 June 2014 |work=Faro de Vigo |date=2 June 2014}}</ref> and [[Alberto Fabra]] of the [[Valencian Community]] said that Spaniards are proud of their king who had been "at the forefront of protecting our interests inside and outside of our borders".<ref>{{cite news |title=Alberto Fabra transmite a S.M. el Rey el 'respeto, reconocimiento y admiración del pueblo valenciano' [Alberto Fabra sends to H.M. the King the "respect, recognition and admiration of the Valencian people"] |url=http://informaria.com/02062014/alberto-fabra-transmite-a-s-m-el-rey-el-respeto-reconocimiento-y-admiracion-del-pueblo-valenciano/ |access-date=5 June 2014 |work=Informaria |date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200342/http://informaria.com/02062014/alberto-fabra-transmite-a-s-m-el-rey-el-respeto-reconocimiento-y-admiracion-del-pueblo-valenciano/ |archive-date=2 June 2014}}</ref>

British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] stated: "I would like to use this opportunity to make a tribute to King Juan Carlos, who has done so much during his reign to aid the successful Spanish transition to democracy, and has been a great friend of the [[United Kingdom]]."<ref>{{cite news |title=Cameron destaca la contribución del rey Juan Carlos a la democracia [Cameron highlights the contribution of King Juan Carlos to democracy] |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20140602/54409545874/cameron-destaca-la-contribucion-del-rey-juan-carlos-a-la-democracia.html#ixzz33UwOLcgC874/cameron-destaca-la-contribucion-del-rey-juan-carlos-a-la-democracia.html#ixzz33UwOLcgC |access-date=5 June 2014 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] | date=2 June 2014}}</ref> The President of the [[European Commission]], [[José Manuel Barroso]], said that Juan Carlos was a "believer in Europeanism and modernity...without whom one could not understand modern Spain".<ref>{{cite news |title=Durao Barroso elogia al Rey como "valedor fundamental del europeísmo y de la modernidad en España" [Durao Barroso eulogises the King as a "fundamental believer in Europeanism and modernity in Spain" |url=http://www.eleconomista.es/flash/noticias/5828027/06/14/Durao-Barroso-elogia-al-Rey-como-valedor-fundamental-del-europeismo-y-de-la-modernidad-en-Espana.html#.Kku8cLP3GAhggwh |access-date=5 June 2014 |work=El Economista |date=2 June 2014}}</ref>

The Spanish public also gave a broadly positive opinion not only of the abdication but of his reign as a whole. According to a poll taken by ''[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]'', 65% saw the King's reign as either good or very good, up from 41.3%. Overall, 55.7% of those polled in the 3–5 June survey by Sigma Dos supported the institution of the monarchy in Spain, up from 49.9% when the same question was posed six months prior. 57.5% believed the Prince could restore the royal family's lost prestige. An overwhelming majority of Spaniards believed the new King, Felipe VI, would make a good monarch and more than three-quarters believed King Juan Carlos had been right to hand over the throne to his son.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spanish royal family's popularity boosted by King Juan Carlos's abdication in favour of Prince Felipe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10886317/Spanish-royal-familys-popularity-boosted-by-King-Juan-Carloss-abdication-in-favour-of-Prince-Felipe.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10886317/Spanish-royal-familys-popularity-boosted-by-King-Juan-Carloss-abdication-in-favour-of-Prince-Felipe.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 June 2014 |location=London |first=Fiona |last=Govan}}{{cbignore}}</ref>