A few days ago, the Spanish King Felipe VI had a meeting with the Spanish members of the European Parliament in Brussels. The Spanish king decided to visit the European Parliament and talk to the different members and ask them about different questions.
One of the moments that caught all the attention of the press was when the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, gave a present to the King. Iglesias gave him the TV series: ‘Game of Thrones’. He told him that it was a good series to understand all the political movements in Spain.
Therefore, Iglesias achieved what he pretended: all radio stations, TV channels and newspapers talked about this moment. In the next couple of days journalists were debating about his present to the King. For a new party like Podemos it was a great promotion.
However, this peculiar incident covered another that I think was more important. The European Members of parties like CIU, Bildu, Izquierda Unida, ERC e IC didn’t show up when the king visited the Parliament. I have to say that I don’t support monarchy. I don’t think they should have so many privileges and that I would prefer to live in a Republic, even though the President of our country will also have privileges and more money than most of the citizens.
I don’t think it is a good decision because I think manners and respect are first. I totally understand that they don’t want a monarchy and they are against it, but I think they should have shaken the King’s hand. I think manners and respect are more important than political ideas.
Unlucky for them, Iglesias’ decision made that their insolence didn’t have much mention in the different news and only a few people noticed it. However, and as one of the leaders of IU said the day after, I think that their decision was wrong and a mistake.
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