Parliamentarism without majorities or parliamentarism “without Government”?

Authors

  • Guillermo De Lázaro Redruello

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.182.05

Keywords:

Investiture, Government formation, President of the Government, parliamentary monarchy, parliamentarism, automatic dissolution.

Abstract

The fragmentation and polarization of party systems in Europe is increasingly hindering the construction of government majorities. In Spain, the 2016 crisis has shown that it may be impossible to form an executive at the beginning of the legislature and that this situation may continue after a new election. It seems clear that our electoral system no longer encourages the concentration of the vote, and that our parliamentary regime is not prepared to assimilate certain electoral results, which facilitates the reproduction of blockades and long interim periods. All this entails a serious risk of delegitimation of the political system. This paper analyzes the errors of the constitutional regulation and the different factors that contribute to produce such institutional paralysis. It also studies, in prevision of a future constitutional reform, the existing formulas in comparative law that would guarantee the appointment of a President of the Government after a general election.

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How to Cite

De Lázaro Redruello, G. (2018). Parliamentarism without majorities or parliamentarism “without Government”?. Revista De Estudios Políticos, (182), 129–157. https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.182.05

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