Justice The four new magistrates of the Constitutional Court promise their position before Felipe VI
Christmas message King Felipe VI: "We Spaniards have to decide our destiny together"
The counter of acts of the
Royal Family
was reset on December 31.
This year for just a few hours, because today, January 1, Felipe VI will attend the inauguration of Lula da Silva in
Brasilia
accompanied by the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
This will kick off the 2023 agenda of the Royal Family, a year that is expected to be intense, with two state trips in the first semester, the presidency of the European Union during the second and the swearing in of the
Constitution
of Princess Leonor in October.
The Kings and their daughters rest these days without acts.
Ten days without public activity in a year in which the rate of commitments from before the pandemic has been exceeded.
The Kings began 2022 on January 6, presiding over
Military Easter
at the
Royal Palace
in Madrid.
From then until last December 21, when the Queen visited the Niño Jesús Hospital, the five active members of the Royal Family -the King and Queen, their daughters and Doña Sofía- have staged 424 acts and around 130 audiences.
The Head of State has visited all the Autonomous Communities, although not
Ceuta
and
Melilla
.
The maximum institution, in the message that it is the Crown of all, has recovered territories of
Catalonia
that in the
process
were vetoed by the local authorities.
In a gesture of normality, Doña Leonor and Doña Sofía were in
Figueres
, being the Heiress's first visit to the province of Gerona.
In addition, the Queen traveled to
Lleida
in September and the Crown was present in
Barcelona
eight times.
It has been the year that they have traveled to Catalonia the most times.
The visit of Don Juan Carlos to Spain was the most complicated.G3
In this year of records and frenetic pace, Don Felipe came to meet in different audiences and meetings with a total of 10,000 people in July, in addition to receiving leaders from all over the world at the NATO summit and making 11 trips abroad.
Don Felipe was in
Puerto Rico
, in
London
, in
Georgetown
.
He attended the inauguration of the new presidents of
Honduras, Costa Rica, Chile
and
Colombia
.
Together with Doña Letizia they had a state trip to
Germany
and two officials, one to Germany and the other to
Croatia
in the first visit of a Spanish head of state to this country.
The Queen also visited
Mauritania
On a cooperative trip, he flew to
New York
, where he met with
Jill Biden
, and to
Los Angeles
to inaugurate a
Cervantes Institute
.
Felipe VI has delivered more than 80 speeches.
Since the war broke out in Ukraine, most of his public interventions have included condemning the war and supporting NATO and the European Union.
Queen Doña Letizia has had 11 interventions and Doña Leonor, three: at the
Princess of Girona
, at the
Princess of Asturias
and at the delivery of the
Exemplary People
award , an intervention that she could not carry out due to her indisposition and which was finally read by Queen Doña Letizia on his behalf.
The head of state made his assets public in an unprecedented gesture
Don Felipe has continued this year with the exercise of adapting the Crown to current times.
"A monarchy renewed for a new time," he pledged in his Proclamation speech.
And in this line, the King made an unprecedented gesture and made his estate public on April 26.
In a meeting held in a meeting room of the Magnolias building of the Zarzuela complex and before a small group of journalists, the Head of the House,
Jaime Alfonsín
, detailed the assets of the Head of State.
Don Felipe has
2,573,392 euros
, divided into 2,267,942.80 euros in deposits in checking or savings accounts, and 305,450 in objects of art, antiques and personal jewelry.
La Zarzuela will be submitted from this year to the control of the Court of Auditors
Felipe VI gave instructions to take this step publicly, in a personal initiative that reinforces his commitment to
Transparency
.
Zarzuela then explained that the King's patrimony corresponded to what was received as an allowance throughout his more than 20 years of profession, first as Prince of Asturias and later as King.
However, no explanation was given about the Queen's heritage, arguing that it is Don Felipe who has a constitutional role and who the Crown falls on.
The Princess and the Infanta went to Gerona for the first time. ROYAL HOUSE
The gesture of Felipe VI that was endorsed by the Government the following day, when they announced that the
Court of Accounts
will audit, as of this 2023, the expenses of the Crown.
They did so with the approval of a decree that reformed the operation of the House and also requires senior officials of the
State Headquarters to
publish their declaration of assets when taking office and leaving it, just like senior officials.
In this year in which the Crown has also dazzled the leaders of NATO, the King has faced one of the most difficult moments, with the first and only visit of Don Juan Carlos to Spain last May.
Don Felipe had "an extensive time of conversation" with his father in which he exposed the damage caused to the Crown.
He spoke as Head of State and Don Juan Carlos complied.
Eight years after a proclamation involved in crisis, the Monarchy raises its image with a lot of work and gestures.
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