Parliament of Catalonia

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
regional parliament
unicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Catalonia
buildingLocatedIn Parc de la Ciutadella
surface form: 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 Catalonia
surface form: autonomous community of Catalonia
hasMotto Parliament of Catalonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Generalitat de Catalunya – Parlament de Catalunya
hasNumberOfSeats 135
hasPresidingOfficer President of the Parliament of Catalonia
hasSessionRoom Parliament of Catalonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Parc de la Ciutadella
surface form: Ciutadella Park
officialWebsite https://www.parlament.cat
partOf political system of Catalonia
political system of Spain
precededBy Parliament of Catalonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: D'Hondt method

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party-list proportional representation

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this entity surface form: Corts of Catalonia
University of Girona foundedBy Parliament of Catalonia