Parliament of Catalonia

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legislative body regional parliament unicameral legislature

The Parliament of Catalonia is the unicameral legislative body of the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain, responsible for making regional laws and overseeing the Catalan government.

Aliases (7)

Corts Catalanes ×2
Catalan Corts ×1
Catalan Courts ×1
Corts of Catalonia ×1
Generalitat de Catalunya – Parlament de Catalunya ×1
Parliament of Catalonia (1932–1939) ×1
hemicycle of the Parliament of Catalonia ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body → regional parliament → unicameral legislature →
appliesToJurisdiction	Catalonia →
buildingLocatedIn	Ciutadella Park, Barcelona →
buildingStyle	Baroque →
coatOfArms	coat of arms of the Parliament of Catalonia →
country	Spain →
electorate	citizens of Catalonia →
flag	flag of Catalonia →
follows	parliamentary system →
function	approves the budget of the Government of Catalonia → controls the executive through questions and motions → elects the President of the Government of Catalonia → enacts regional laws → oversees the Government of Catalonia →
hasCommittee	Committee on Economy and Finance → Committee on Education → Committee on Foreign and European Union Action → Committee on Health → Committee on Institutional Affairs →
hasElectoralThreshold	3% →
hasJurisdictionOver	autonomous community of Catalonia →
hasMotto	Generalitat de Catalunya – Parlament de Catalunya →
hasNumberOfSeats	135 →
hasPresidingOfficer	President of the Parliament of Catalonia →
hasSessionRoom	hemicycle of the Parliament of Catalonia →
inception	1980 →
languageUsed	Catalan → Spanish →
legalBasis	Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia →
legislativeBodyFor	Government of Catalonia →
locatedIn	Barcelona →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Catalonia →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
meetsIn	Ciutadella Park →
officialWebsite	https://www.parlament.cat →
partOf	political system of Catalonia → political system of Spain →
precededBy	Parliament of Catalonia (1932–1939) →
regulates	autonomous legislation of Catalonia →
seat	Palau del Parlament de Catalunya →
structure	unicameral →
termLength	4 years →
votingSystem	D'Hondt method → closed list → party-list proportional representation →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Principality of Catalonia ("Corts Catalanes") → Principality of Catalonia ("Catalan Courts") →	hasLegislature
Government of Catalonia →	appointedBy
Corts of Valencia ("Catalan Corts") →	differentFrom
Government of Catalonia →	executiveBodyFor
Diputació del General ("Corts Catalanes") →	foundedBy
National Day of Catalonia →	governingBodyOrganizingOfficialEvents
Crown of Aragon ("Corts of Catalonia") →	hadInstitution
Parliament of Catalonia ("Generalitat de Catalunya – Parlament de Catalunya") →	hasMotto
Catalonia →	hasRegionalParliament
Parliament of Catalonia ("hemicycle of the Parliament of Catalonia") →	hasSessionRoom
Government of Catalonia →	legislativeBody
Catalonia →	legislature
Parliament of Catalonia ("Parliament of Catalonia (1932–1939)") →	precededBy
La Diada →	regulatedBy
Senyera →	usedBy