A town in north-eastern Spain has declared the king of Spain an unwelcome
person, dealing another blow to the 74-year-old monarch who has faced scalding
criticism for going on an elephant hunting trip during a deep financial
crisis.
The town council of Berga – population 17,160 – approved a motion
declaring King Juan Carlos “persona non grata”, or not welcome.
The
censure was proposed by the pro-independence Popular Unity Candidature party and
published, following its approval, on the town's website today. Berga is 67
miles north of Catalonia’s regional capital, Barcelona.
The king faced
condemnation after breaking a hip while on a lavish safari in Botswana at a time
when nearly one in four Spaniards were unemployed.
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