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La reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Canarias, aprobada mediante la Ley Orgánica 2/2018, de 5 noviembre, ha supuesto la modificación de las bases del particular sistema electoral canario, insistentemente demandada por la doctrina constitucional y desde amplios sectores de la clase política y la sociedad civil canaria. Esta reforma incide en la d...
Over the recent years, we have assisted to the progressive consolidation of the intergovernmental cooperative relations between the Spanish Government and the Autonomous Communities. In fact, the institutional arrangements allowing multilateral interactions, particularly the Sectoral Conferences, have gained political significance. In order to asse...
the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is a very unique expression of participatory democracy in a supranational context. Nevertheless, we could better understand its legal design and its political significance by assessing the similarities and divergences with analogous popular initiatives in national constitutions. This article will analyse the...
In response to the pluralistic character of Spanish society and for the purpose of establishing a progressive democracy, the Spanish Constitution of 1978 opts, in its Article 87, for opening the law-making process to different subjects. The right of the legislative initiative belongs, of course, to the government of Spain and to the national parlia...
Even though the Lisbon Treaty avoids the constitutional foundation of the European Union, it contains the same strategies as the Constitution for Europe to strengthen its democratic legitimacy. This article explores the Lisbon Treaty’s ‘Provisions on Democratic Principles’ and, particularly, the strategies of democratization based on the participat...
Constitutionalism, traditionally addressed to national polities, is a widespread expression of democratic governance based on the rule of law, the fundamental rights of the citizens and the sharing of power among legitimate and accountable political actors. In addition to these immovable contents, it is often claimed that the legitimate foundation...
