Popular Legislative Initiative in Spain: a legal and practical study

  • Ángel Fernández Silva Universidad de Salamanca
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ed.2792
Keywords: Participation,, popular legislative initiative, direct democracy

Abstract

Our democracy needs the legislative impulse of citizens to improve their representation. Forty years after the popular initiative law (LO 3/1984), the instrument of participation still plays a secondary role in Spain. In this way, only four initiatives have been approved in Parliament (with many changes); the causes of failure are the censored topics, and a high number of signatures required (Article 87.3 of Spanish Constitution). In fact, 37% of initiatives were declared inadmissible, and also 37% did not reach the signature limit. However, since 2011 more initiatives have been presented in Parliament. Therefore, it’s necessary to analyze this context.

Received: 07.02.2023
Accepted: 13.06.2023

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Published
2023-06-30
How to Cite
Fernández Silva, Ángel. 2023. “Popular Legislative Initiative in Spain: A Legal and Practical Study”. Estudios De Deusto 71 (1), 199-227. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed.2792.
Issue
Vol. 71 No. 1 (2023)
Section
Studies

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