State of alarm (Spain)

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In Spain the state of alarm (estado de alarma) is the lowest of the three degrees of state of emergency that allows the government to perform actions or impose policies that it would normally not be permitted to undertake. It is regulated in the article 116.2 of the Constitution of Spain.

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It can be declared in all of Spain or parts of it in these cases:

The state of alarm is declared by the government through a decree passed by the Council of Ministers for a maximum period of 15 days, reporting to the Congress of Deputies, gathered immediately for this purpose. Without the Congress authorization said period may not be extended, and said decree will establish the scope and conditions binding during its duration. The decree will determine the territorial scope to which the effects of the declaration extend.

The limitation of rights is regulated in the organic law 4/1981. [1] The allowed limitations are:

Declared states of alarm

2010 air traffic controllers strike

On December 4, 2010, the first state of alarm was declared following the air traffic controllers strike. [2] [3] It lasted until January 16, 2011 and was the first time since the Francisco Franco's regime that a state of emergency was declared. [4]

2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain

The second state of alarm was declared on March 14, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. [5] It enforced the lockdown of people in all Spanish territory. [6] It ended on June 21, 2020. [7]

The third state of alarm was declared on October 7, 2020 due to the second wave of COVID-19 in Madrid. This time, restrictions were not as big as in the previous state of alarm, and they only took place in the territory of the Madrid Autonomous Community. [8]

The first-ever national state of emergency was decreed on October 25, 2020, primarily to introduce a curfew from 22:00 until six in the morning in order to tackle the widespread between young people in social gatherings. [9]

Subsequently, the Constitutional Court of Spain ruled that both COVID states of alarm had been unconstitutional. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ley Orgánica 4/1981, de 1 de junio, de los estados de alarma, excepción y sitio". Noticias Jurídicas. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. ↑ Mars, A.; Romero, A.; Álvarez, P. (4 December 2010). "El Gobierno declara el estado de alarma y moviliza a los controladores". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "El Gobierno declara el estado de alarma". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Internet, S.L. 5 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Striking Spain air traffic controllers return to work". BBC. December 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ Hernández, Marisol (13 March 2020). "Pedro Sánchez decreta el estado de alarma en toda España para frenar la expansión del coronavirus". El Mundo .
  6. ↑ "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-2020-3692". www.boe.es. pp. 25390–25400. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  7. ↑ Fin del estado de alarma: la libre movilidad y el turismo extranjero se extienden a todo el territorio in expansion.com
  8. ↑ El Gobierno decreta el estado de alarma tras la negativa de Ayuso a cerrar Madrid in elconfidencial.com (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Benayas, Victoria Torres (2020-10-24). "Así son las medidas en la Comunidad de Madrid tras agotarse el estado de alarma". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  10. ↑ "Spain's top court rules that the coronavirus state of alarm was unconstitutional". elpais.com. 14 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Court declares Spain's 2nd COVID state of alarm unconstitutional". aa.com.tr. 27 October 2021.
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