Editorial principles

1. Neutrality

We report what happens the same way for every group and every person. We use the same words, the same charts and the same order for every party. We sort by criteria that do not depend on who is who: date, number of seats or name.

2. Official sources only

All data comes from the Congress of Deputies, the Senate and the Official State Gazette, and every block links to its source with the date of the last download. We use no anonymous sources and no data we cannot link to. If a source does not say something, we leave it blank instead of guessing.

3. No opinion

We do not judge bills, votes or people. We say what happened, who proposed it, what step it is at and how each person voted. For example, we say “more votes in favor” and only say “passed” when the official record says so.

4. Clear names and summaries

Many bills have long official names. We give them a clear name, short and descriptive, with no adjectives or judgments, and we always show the official title too.

Summaries explain what a bill changes in simple words, based only on its official text: what it proposes and who it affects. They do not say whether it is good or bad, or who wins or loses politically.

A person reviews names and summaries against the official text. Until then they carry the “automatic” label.

5. Artificial intelligence

We use artificial intelligence to draft summaries, clear names and translations, always from official texts and with neutrality rules. We always disclose it: anything nobody has reviewed carries the “automatic” label. Data (votes, dates, steps) is never written by artificial intelligence. More detail in method.

6. What we never do

• Predictions about whether a bill will pass or about election results.
• Polls or surveys, ours or anyone else’s.
• Ask for votes, or support or oppose any party or candidate.
• Rankings of “good” or “bad” representatives, grades or scores.
• Infer anyone’s personal traits or publish anything unofficial about their private life.
• Advertising, sponsored content or any payment to appear or not appear.

During an election period, the information stays strictly factual, and on the day of reflection before the vote we highlight nothing that could look like campaigning.

7. Errors

When we get something wrong, we fix it quickly and say so on the page, with the date. The procedure and the list of corrections are in corrections and right of reply.

8. Who is responsible

Editorial responsibility for El Pleno lies with its controller, Ismael Arenzana. Write to us at [email protected].