Parliamentary group (Spain)

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Parliamentary groups in Spain are the union of members of parliament who may or may not belong to the same political party, but with the same or similar political ideology. The figure of the parliamentary group is common to the Cortes Generales, the national parliament of Spain, and the regional legislatures.

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There is not a unified regulation on what the requirements are to form a parliamentary group. In the case of the national parliament, each House possess their own standing rules establishing the requirements. As common aspects, the senators or deputies that do not belong to a parliamentary group are integrated in the Mixed Group. Also, the groups are represented by a Spokesperson (that may be or not the leader of the political party).

National legislature

Senate

According to the Standing Orders of the Senate, the Senate's parliamentary groups needs a minimum of 10 senators to be formed and during the term of the legislature, this number can not go below 6 senators. In this case, the group would be dissolved(II § 27).

Each group can freely choose their name (II § 27) and they have to present before the Bureau of the Senate in the five days after the constitutive session the request in which they must to indicate which senators will form part of the parliamentary group. In the case of regional senators (appointed by the regional legislatures), they have five days since the appointment to integrate in one of the parliamentary groups (II § 28). [1]

The Senate's parliamentary groups are subdivided in Territorial Groups. These groups are formed by a minimum of 3 senators belonging to specific constituencies (II § 32).

As of February 2024, in the 15th Senate, these are the Senate' parliamentary groups: [2]

Party or allianceLeader Spokesperson MPs
Popular Parliamentary Group (GPP)
 Alberto Nunez Feijoo 2023 (cropped).jpg Alberto Núñez Feijóo Alicia Garcia Rodriguez (2023).jpg Alicia García Rodríguez 144
Socialist Parliamentary Group (GPS)
 Pedro Sanchez in 2023.jpg Pedro Sánchez
(PM)		 Juan Espadas 2020 (cropped).jpg Juan Espadas 90
Left for Independence Parliamentary Group (GPERB)
 Escudo del Senado de Espana.svg Sara Bailac Ardanuy11
Plural Parliamentary Group (GPN)
 Josep Lluis Cleries retrat oficial 2010.jpg Josep Lluís Cleries6
Basque Parliamentary Group (GPV)
 Estefania Beltran de Heredia 2016.jpg Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia 5
Confederal Left Parliamentary Group (GPIC)
 Carla Antonelli 2023 (cropped).jpg Carla Antonelli 5
Mixed Parliamentary Group (GPMX)
Paloma Gómez Enriquez4
There is a missing senator of regional designation for Catalonia that is pending be appointed.

Congress of Deputies

The Congress of Deputies is the lower house of the Cortes Generales and the strongest of both houses. The requirements to form a parliamentary group in Congress are more complex (II § 23):

As in the Senate, the parliamentary groups have to be formed within the five days after the constitutive session of the House and they need the approval of the Bureau of the Congress (II § 24). [3]

As of February 2024, in the 15th Cortes Generales, these are the Congress' parliamentary groups: [4]

Party or allianceLeader Spokesperson IdeologyMPs
Popular Parliamentary Group (GPP)
 Alberto Nunez Feijoo 2023 (cropped).jpg Alberto Núñez Feijóo Cuca Gamarra (cropped).jpg Cuca Gamarra Conservatism
Christian democracy 		137
Socialist Parliamentary Group (GPS)
 Pedro Sanchez in 2023.jpg Pedro Sánchez
(PM)		 Patxi Lopez 2011 (cropped).jpg Patxi López Social democracy 121
Vox Parliamentary Group (GPVOX)
 En el Toro TV (Dando Cana) con Santiago Abascal 28*03*2023 - 52777640143 (cropped 2).jpg Santiago Abascal Pepa Millan (cropped).jpg Pepa Millán Right-wing populism
National conservatism 		33
Plurinational Sumar Parliamentary Group (GPPS)
 Yolanda Diaz 2023 (cropped).jpg Yolanda Díaz
(SDPM)		 Inigo Errejon 2019 (cropped).jpg Íñigo Errejón Left-wing populism
Democratic socialism 		27
Republican Parliamentary Group
 Oriol Junqueras a Terrassa 2021 (cropped).jpg Oriol Junqueras Gabriel Rufian 2022 (cropped).jpg Gabriel Rufián Catalan independence
Social democracy
Democratic socialism 		7
Together for Catalonia Parliamentary Group
 Carles Puigdemont 2016 (cropped).jpg Carles Puigdemont Miriam Nogueras 2015 (cropped).jpg Míriam Nogueras Catalan independence
Right-wing populism 		7
Euskal Herria Bildu Parliamentary Group (GPEHB)
 Mertxe aizpurua 0001.jpg Mertxe Aizpurua Basque nationalism
Separatism
Socialism
Left-wing nationalism 		6
Basque Parliamentary Group (GPV)
 Aitor Esteban 2016 (cropped).jpg Aitor Esteban Basque nationalism
Christian democracy
Conservative liberalism 		5
Mixed Parliamentary Group (GPMX)
 Ione Belarra
Néstor Rego
Cristina Valido García

Alberto Catalán

This group is formed by MPs without a
parliamentary group, so the ideology is diverse.		7

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References

  1. ↑ "Senate of Spain Standing Orders (in Spanish)". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ↑ España, Senado de. "Cuadro resumen de Grupos Parlamentarios (Composición actual)". www.senado.es. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  3. ↑ "Congress of Deputies' Standing Orders (in Spanish)". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  4. ↑ "Parliamentary groups of the Congress of Deputies for the 13th Cortes Generales".

Notes

^ The parliamentary groups are divided according to political parties. Groups of less than 6 senators do exist because other political parties lend their senators to other parties in order to allow them to have a parliamentary group.
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