39 posts
13 November 2003
The president of Spain, Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE), in the heat of the campaigns for the Catalan elections, promises to support the Statute approved by the […]
14 March 2004
In these general elections, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s PSOE has prevailed over the PP, now led by Mariano Rajoy, which has lost its absolute majority.
16 April 2004
The PSOE, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Izquierda Unida, BNG, Coalición Canaria and Chunta Aragonesista vote in Congress in favour of the investiture of José Luis […]
19 October 2005
The Bureau of the Congress of Deputies (PSOE, CiU, Izquierda Unida) accepts the proposal to amend the Statute submitted by the Parliament of Catalonia and […]
21 January 2006
Zapatero and Mas reach an agreement on the amendments to the text of the Statute drawn up by the State – Government of Catalonia Joint […]
30 March 2006
The new text of the Statute is approved with the votes of PSOE, CiU, IU- ICV, PNB, BNG and CC-NC. The PP, ERC and EA […]
10 May 2006
The Statute is approved by the Senate with votes in favour from the PSOE, CiU, ICV, PNB, CC, Izquierda Unida and BNG. The PP voted […]
19 September 2006
Second appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The Ombudsman, Enrique Múgica (a PSOE member), submits appeals against 112 articles and four additional provisions of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court19 October 2006
Fifth appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The government of Aragón, led by PSOE, submits the appeal in relation to the Archives of the Crown […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court9 March 2008
The PSOE prevails again over Mariano Rajoy’s PP in the general elections. On 11 April, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is sworn in as president of […]
29 April 2010
Through a resolution of the Parliament of Catalonia, President Montillaasks Zapatero and Rajoy to renew the four members of the Constitutional Court whose mandate expired […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court20 November 2011
The PP led by Mariano Rajoy wins the elections by an absolute majority with 186 seats. The PSOE led by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba wins 110 […]
20 December 2011
Mariano Rajoy (PP) replaces Rodríguez Zapatero as president of the Spanish Government. Aside from the PP, which has an absolute majority in Congress, only the […]
20 March 2015
The PP led by Mariano Rajoy wins the elections but loses the absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. The PSOE led by Pedro Sánchez […]
26 June 2016
After the failure of the investiture of Pedro Sánchez in March, with the support of Albert Rivera (Ciudadanos) and the opposition of practically all the […]
29 October 2016
After the repeat of elections and the failure of the first investiture attempt in September, Mariano Rajoy is invested as president of the Spanish government […]
31 March 2017
The executive submits an appeal of unconstitutionality against the additional provision in the government of Catalonia’s budget that provides for holding the referendum and the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court19 July 2017
Following the complaint by Societat Civil Catalana and Abogados por la Constitución, the Court of Auditors decides to initiate an investigation into the government of […]
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Court of Auditors27 October 2017
The application of Article 155 of the Constitution is approved with votes in favour by the PP, PSOE, Ciudadanos, and Coalición Canaria. This means that […]
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Violation of autonomy1 June 2018
Pedro Sánchez, who once again became secretary-general of the PSOE in July 2017, is sworn in as president of the Spanish government after the vote […]
14 February 2019
The PSOE, PP and Ciudadanos delegations to the European Parliament askAntonio Tajani, president of the Parliament and MEP for the European People’s Party, not to […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly15 February 2019
Unable to pass a new budget, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez of the PSOE party, announces general elections will be held on […]
28 April 2019
PSOE wins by simple majority and for the first time VOX wins representation in the Spanish Parliament with 24 seats. ERC wins 15 seats in […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation24 May 2019
The Bureau of Congress, chaired by Meritxell Batet, agrees to suspend as members of Congress the prisoners in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation26 May 2019
Junts per Catalunya-Lliures per Europa, led by Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí, are the winners in Catalonia and take two seats. The joint […]
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Prison regime24 September 2019
After the failed investiture of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) as president of the Spanish government in July, the Spanish legislature is dissolved and new general elections […]
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Prison regime10 November 2019
The PSOE, led by Pedro Sánchez, wins by a simple majority with almost twice as many seats as Pablo Casado’s PP (123 and 66, respectively). […]
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Prison regime17 December 2019
In accordance with Spanish laws on parliamentary immunity, the Ninth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona refers the proceedings against Laura Borràs, a member of Congress […]
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Politicisation of justice7 January 2020
He is elected in the second round of voting and by a simple majority, with 167 votes in favour (the PSOE, Unidas Podemos, the PNV, […]
11 November 2020
The representatives of PSOE, PP and VOX on the Bureau argue that the Civil Guard acted as judicial police. A few days later, Marlaska states […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly10 June 2021
The motion submitted by MÉS per Mallorca to the Balearic Parliament to request a pardon for Valtónyc and Hasél is rejected, with PSIB-PSOE El Pi, […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly28 October 2021
The former president of the Parliament had appealed against the resolution of the Supreme Court that sentenced her to 11 years and 6 months in […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court11 November 2022
The Explanatory Statement for the bill argues that the crime of sedition is obsolete and not in line with the legislation of other countries; as […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly15 December 2022
The PSOE, Unidas Podemos, ERC, PDECat, PNB and EH Bildu vote in favour of the reform, while Junts, the CUP and VOX vote against it, […]
19 December 2022
The Spanish government (PSOE and Unidas-Podemos) had taken advantage of proceedings of the amendment of the Criminal Code to introduce a proposal to change the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court11 January 2023
Judge Cándido Conde-Pumpido, who had been prosecutor general under Zapatero, is elected president of the Constitutional Court, defeating Judge María Luisa Balaguer, also close to […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court23 July 2023
In Catalonia, the PSC, the list led by Meritxell Batet obtains 19 seats, Sumar, the list led by Aina Vidal, obtains 7, PP, led by […]
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European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office17 August 2023
The Bureau of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish General Courts is established, presided by Francina Armengol (PSOE), who is elected by absolute majority. […]
16 November 2023
Four months after the general elections, Pedro Sánchez sworns in as President of the Spanish government by absolute majority in the first round of votes. […]