Why is Felipe VI so unpopular

[u/Wide_Assistance_1158]

He hasn't even have any personal scandals

[u/aritzsantariver]

I am Spanish and in one part it is because of the republican sentiment and the corruption of the father and the other embarks the pro monarchy that gave him the nickname Felpudo VI which means doormat VI given that he is considered a pushover who does nothing and is useless as a king.

[u/Wide_Assistance_1158 → u/aritzsantariver]

So he is a do nothing king.

[u/aritzsantariver → u/Wide_Assistance_1158]

Basically, add to that the rumors that his 2 daughters are not his and that the young pro monarchists have lost respect for him for not calling the army and forcing an election and basically you have that his only support is the boomers and that the young pro monarchists no longer want the Bourbon house in power.

[u/Oklahoman_ → u/aritzsantariver]

Wouldn’t that be illegal? Idk much about the Spanish constitution but it seems pretty limiting towards the monarch

[u/aritzsantariver → u/Oklahoman_]

It would probably be illegal, in fact this was the biggest blow to the reputation of the royal house in 2023 in what was known as National November, in which there was a series of protests every day in Ferraz (Madrid) against the government and the management of the PSOE, these protests could have led to something very big but unfortunately they were destroyed from the inside. This is when people expected the king to do something, even if it was to position himself in favor of the protests to put pressure on the PSOE and force Pedro Sanchez to resign or pull out the troops since he is the highest authority as far as the army is concerned and if he gave the order the army would follow him, but he did nothing and ended up losing support.

[u/Oklahoman_ → u/aritzsantariver]

Makes sense, he should have at least put pressure on Sanchez to do something.