Somebody, some other institution, stops it. The King. Europe. The courts. Not happening, at least not before the vote happens. King Felipe is a modern, constitutional monarch, not an ancien régime absolutist tyrant. Constitutionally, as far as I understand it, he cannot refuse to sign a law that parliament has passed. He has no wriggle room to imprint his personal marque on events. If he were to try, the crisis might even go up a level to talk of abdication. This is not national-to-regional constitutional authority like in 2017, this is the Prime Minister himself doing a deal with a fugitive from justice, to stay on as PM. His party, the PSOE, controls Congress, the seat of national sovereignty, via the Speaker and the Speaker’s Committee. Vox petitioned the Supreme Court yesterday for an injunction to stop the debate today, on the grounds of bribery, terrorism and abuse of authority, and the Supreme Court rejected that this morning. Europe doesn’t work on such short timelines. The latest message was from Von der Leyen’s spokesman, Eric Mamer,
This is the kind of analysis I like the most from Mr. Bennett, with all sides considered and neatly summarized. I sort of miss the dual language posting for easier sharing with non-bilingual friends but there's always Google and nuanced translation takes time.
"in Spain’s party political system, do not rebel against the party line and the boss. There is no independence of thought or action when voting buttons are pressed. In practice, you could reduce the number of MPs in Congress in Madrid from the current 350 to about 10 and all the votes would come out with the same result."
No sé si se da cuenta usted, pero eso que dice (que es completamente cierto) significa que los ciudadanos no tienen representantes (las listas electorales cerradas las confecciona el líder del partido y a él representan los elegidos, no al ciudadano) y por lo tanto, al no haber representación ciudadana, en España no hay democracia...
This is the kind of analysis I like the most from Mr. Bennett, with all sides considered and neatly summarized. I sort of miss the dual language posting for easier sharing with non-bilingual friends but there's always Google and nuanced translation takes time.
Thank you, Paulcito, that's great to hear. Yeah, it does take time. Maybe in the future again, but for now just in English.
"in Spain’s party political system, do not rebel against the party line and the boss. There is no independence of thought or action when voting buttons are pressed. In practice, you could reduce the number of MPs in Congress in Madrid from the current 350 to about 10 and all the votes would come out with the same result."
No sé si se da cuenta usted, pero eso que dice (que es completamente cierto) significa que los ciudadanos no tienen representantes (las listas electorales cerradas las confecciona el líder del partido y a él representan los elegidos, no al ciudadano) y por lo tanto, al no haber representación ciudadana, en España no hay democracia...
Ahí lo dejo.