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Monument to the Constitution of 1978 in Madrid. The Spanish Constitution is one of the few Bill of Rights that has legal provisions for social rights, including the definition of Spain itself as a "Social and Democratic State, subject to the rule of law" (Spanish: Estado social y democrático de derecho) in its preliminary title. However, those ...
100.00%. Registered voters/turnout. 26,632,180. 67.11%. A constitutional referendum was held in Spain on Wednesday, 6 December 1978, to gauge support for either the ratification or repealing of the Spanish Constitution which had been approved by the Cortes Generales on 31 October 1978. The question asked was "Do you approve of the Constitution ...
1820–23 Reinstatement of the Constitution of 1812. 1834 Absolute monarchy. 1837 Constitutional monarchy. 1845 Regency empowerment. 1856 Failed attempt at democracy. 1869 Another failed attempt at democracy. 1873 First Spanish Republic. 1876 Failed attempt to become a federal republic. 1931 Second Spanish Republic.
The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as la Transición (IPA: [la tɾansiˈθjon]; ' the Transition ') or la Transición española (' the Spanish Transition '), is a period of modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system, in the form of constitutional monarchy under Juan Carlos I.
The politics of Spain takes place under the framework established by the Constitution of 1978. Spain is established as a social and democratic sovereign country [ 1 ] wherein the national sovereignty is vested in the people , from which the powers of the state emanate.
The supreme Spanish law is the Spanish Constitution of 1978, which regulates the functioning of public bodies and the fundamental rights of the Spanish people, as well as the organization and competencies of the different autonomous communities. The Constitution, as well as being directly applicable by the judiciary, enjoys a material supremacy ...
History of Spain. In the history of contemporary Spain, the death of caudillo Francisco Franco on 20 November 1975 marked the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy, the establishment of the parliamentary monarchy and the subsequent accession of King Juan Carlos I to the throne. In 1978, the current Spanish Constitution of 1978 was ...
In Spain, an autonomous community (Spanish: comunidad autónoma) is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain. [1][2] There are 17 autonomous communities and ...