‘A new constitutional king’

Following the abdication of his father Juan Carlos I, who officially put an end to his 39 year reign at a ceremony on June 18, the former Prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbon y Grecia, has become the new king of Spain. "The monarch is to be proclaimed today [June 19] in Parliament in a country hit hard by the crisis," announces El País. In its editorial, the daily argues that in view of the economic, institutional and territorial problems faced by Spain —

Philip VI's first task will be to use his powers to facilitate a broad consensus.