Spain Political Situation

SPAIN’ POLITICAL FRAMEWORK:

The framework of Spain Political System is funded by the Constitution of 1978. Spain was established as a Social and Democratic State where the national sovereignty relies in the Spanish People as the powers emanate from them. Spain has a Parliamentary Monarchy form of government with a social representative, democratic, constitutional monarchy in which the Monarch is the head of state and the Prime Minister (with an official title of "President of the Government”) is the head of government.

Executive power is exercised by "The Government", which is integrated by the Prime Minister, the deputy prime ministers, and other ministers, which collectively form the Council of Ministers.

-HEAD OF STATE:

KING JUAN CARLOS I.

-HEAD OF GOVERNMENT (PRIME MINISTER):

JOSÉ LUIS RODRÍGUEZ ZAPATERO since April 17, 2004, Head of Government. Second

Administration, since April 12, 2008.

-PARLIAMENT (CORTES GENERALES):

Legislative power is vested in the Cortes Generales (General Courts), a bicameral parliament constituted by the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature, administering justice on behalf of the King by several judges and magistrates. The Supreme Court of Spain is the highest court in the nation, with jurisdiction in all Spanish territories, superior to all in all affairs, except in constitutional matters, which are competence of the Constitutional Court. Parliament is formed by the 350-seat Congress of Deputies and 263-seat Senate. General elections are held every four years. The last were held on March 9, 2008.

-POLITICAL SYSTEM:

Spain's political system is a muli-party system. Since the mid-1980s, the two largest political parties have been the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the People's Party. Regional parties, mainly the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) from the Basque Country, and Convergence and Union (CiU) and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia...