The monarchy, a journalistic taboo in Spain. The royal crisis and the circumstantial crisis

[ES] Al resquebrajarse el llamado “pacto de silencio”, con que los medios arroparon a la monarquia en Espana, desde que fue restituida en 1975, los efectos sobre la opinion publica han sido desoladores para una institucion que padece una crisis de la que no consigue salir, segun la descarnada evidencia de las encuestas. Ademas de los escandalos protagonizados por el rey y su familia, la causa de que los espanoles se alejen cada vez mas de la corona, especialmente los jovenes, se deben a una razon mas profunda que las contingencias puntuales: 7 de cada 10 espanoles, menores de 40 anos, no asumen la pervivencia de una institucion que no comprenden. Las campanas de relaciones publicas institucionales no estan reparando lo que ya parece un efecto irreversible. [ES] When the media broke the so-called “pact of silence” which protected the Spanish monarchy since it was re-established in 1975, the effects on the public opinion have been devastating for an institution that is suffering a crisis that does not seem to end, according to the harsh evidence provided by the surveys. In addition to the scandals surrounding the King and his family, there is a deeper reason why the Spanish people, especially young Spaniards, are walking further and further away from the Crown: 7 of 10 Spaniards under 40 years of age do not conceive the survival of an institution that they do not understand. The institutional public relations campaigns are not mitigating what already seems to be an irreversible effect.