Cortes Generales

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bicameral legislature legislative body national parliament

The Cortes Generales is Spain’s bicameral national parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate, responsible for making and passing the country’s laws.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Cortes Generales canonical	29
Cortes Generales of Spain	12
Spanish Parliament	10
Cortes Generales de España	2
Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias	2
13th Cortes Generales	1
14th Cortes Generales	1
15th Cortes Generales	1
Congreso de los Diputados of the Bourbon Restoration	1
Constituent Cortes of 1931	1
Constituent Cortes of Spain	1
Cortes Generales (upper chamber)	1
Cortes Republicanas	1
Spanish Cortes	1
Spanish Cortes (parliament)	1
Spanish Cortes Constituyentes	1
Title III: The Cortes Generales	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ legislative body ⓘ national parliament ⓘ
budgetaryPower	approves state revenues and expenditures ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	King of Spain ⓘ
chamberLower	Congress of Deputies ⓘ
chamberUpper	Senate of Spain ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Spanish Constitution ⓘ surface form: Title III of the Spanish Constitution
constitutionalBasis	Spanish Constitution ⓘ surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978
constitutionalRole	exercises legislative power of the State ⓘ represents the Spanish people ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf	President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of Spain
electoralSystemLowerHouse	proportional representation ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse	mixed system ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm	1978 ⓘ
hasPart	Congress of Deputies ⓘ Senate of Spain ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	Cortes of Cádiz ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
languageUsed	Spanish ⓘ
legislativeFunction	amends laws ⓘ enacts laws ⓘ repeals laws ⓘ
location	Madrid ⓘ
meetingPlace	Palace of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ Senate Palace ⓘ
nativeLabel	Cortes Generales self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage	es ⓘ
numberOfChambers	2 ⓘ
oversightMechanism	motions of censure ⓘ parliamentary questions ⓘ votes of confidence ⓘ
power	approves the General State Budget ⓘ authorizes international treaties ⓘ authorizes use of armed forces in missions abroad ⓘ confers or withdraws confidence in the Prime Minister ⓘ controls the actions of the Government ⓘ
predecessor	Cortes Españolas ⓘ
roleInMonarchy	authorizes abdications and renunciations of the King ⓘ participates in the succession procedures of the Crown ⓘ proclaims the King of Spain ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse	4 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse	4 years ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse	partial block voting ⓘ
website	https://www.congreso.es/ ⓘ https://www.senado.es/ ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spain → legislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Madrid → isSeatOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Parliament

Second Spanish Republic → legislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Republicanas

Second Spanish Republic → legislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Pedro Sánchez → memberOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Parliament

Cortes Generales → nativeLabel → Cortes Generales self-link ⓘ

Senate of Spain → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Congress of Deputies → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

King of Spain → convenes → Cortes Generales ⓘ

King of Spain → dissolves → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Spanish Constitution → draftedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Cortes Constituyentes

Spanish Constitution → approvedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Spanish Constitution → legislativeBody → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Spanish Constitution → contains → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Title III: The Cortes Generales

Spanish government → legislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Spanish government → oversightBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Kingdom of Spain → legislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Treaties of Córdoba → rejectedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Cortes

Cádiz Constitution of 1812 → legislativeBody → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Cortes of Castile → historicalPrecursorOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales of Spain

Cortes of Cádiz → alsoKnownAs → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias

President of the Senate of Spain → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales of Spain

Spanish general election, April 2019 → chamberDissolved → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: 13th Cortes Generales

Partido Socialista → representedIn → Cortes Generales ⓘ

subject surface form: Partido Socialista Obrero Español

Justice Committee → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

subject surface form: Justice Committee (Congress of Deputies, Spain)

Senate Palace → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Senate Palace → associatedWith → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Congreso de los Diputados → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Congreso de los Diputados → predecessor → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congreso de los Diputados of the Bourbon Restoration

Leader of the Opposition (Spain) → legislativeBody → Cortes Generales ⓘ

November 2019 Spanish general election → electoralBody → Cortes Generales ⓘ

November 2019 Spanish general election → legislatureTerm → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: 14th Cortes Generales

Cortes Españolas → replacedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

Palacio del Senado → occupant → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales (upper chamber)

Palacio del Senado → associatedWith → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Parliament

Constitutional Committee → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitutional Committee (Spain)

Diario de Sesiones del Congreso de los Diputados → relatedTo → Cortes Generales ⓘ

2023 Spanish general election → electoralBody → Cortes Generales ⓘ

2023 Spanish general election → legislatureNumber → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: 15th Cortes Generales

People's Party group in the Senate → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

People's Party group in the Senate → legislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Parliament

Assembly of Melilla → higherBody → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales of Spain

Senado → partOf → Cortes Generales ⓘ

subject surface form: Senado de España

Statute of Autonomy of Aragon → adoptedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales of Spain

Statute of Autonomy of Aragon → approvedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Parliament

Basque Parliament → higherLevelLegislature → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales of Spain

Statute of Autonomy of Galicia → enactedBy → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales of Spain

Ley Orgánica de la Defensa Nacional de España → sujetoCompetente → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes Generales de España

General Council of the Judiciary → distinctFrom → Cortes Generales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Parliament