Partisan discipline in the Congress of Deputies: the Spanish legal system and the statutes of the parties

Authors

  • Gema Sánchez Medero Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Juan Carlos Cuevas Lanchares Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.111.07

Keywords:

Parties, Parliamentary Groups, Spain, autonomy and discipline.

Abstract

There are many studies, which try to explain the relationships that will take place between political parties and their parliamentary groups, but there are few investigations, which main object is the mechanisms that lead to the cohesion of the party group in parliament, especially in Spain. Therefore, this article analyses the relations between parties and their parliamentary groups in the Spanish National Chamber. For this, we have analysed the mechanisms that lead to the unit of the parliamentary groups and, therefore, to their acting ability. We have taken as an object of study the Spanish Popular Party and the Spanish Socialist Party, since they are the two organizations that have represented the Spanish Bipartisanship Political System.