What it is

Agreement setting the budgetary stability objective for 2012 for the public sector as a whole and for each of the groups of agents that make it up, and the non-financial expenditure limit of the State Budget for 2012.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

Type of initiative: objetivo de estabilidad presupuestaria. It was introduced on 2 March 2012. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 430/000001· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced2 March 2012Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted6 March 2012The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary9 March 2012All 350 deputies vote.
Senate13 March 2012The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE14 March 2012It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 6 official steps on a timeline

13 March 2012

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 179 yes · 133 no · 27 abst.

Voted on: Agreement setting the budgetary stability objective for 2012 for the public sector as a whole and for each of the groups of agents that make it up, and the non-financial expenditure limit of the State Budget for 2012.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 17· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

And your senators: the Senate does not link its votes to this law in its open data, so we cannot put them side by side here.

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista, Mixto and GIP. 3 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 35 most voted in favour; in 5, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 35
Against: 5
Abstained: 2
Tie: 10

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	110	108 against · 2 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 abst.
Mixto	18	1 in favour · 14 against · 2 abst. · 1 did not vote
GC-CiU	16	15 abst. · 1 did not vote
GIP	11	11 against
GUPyD	5	5 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	185	178 in favour · 7 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 430/000001
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 1 of sitting 17
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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Agreement setting the budgetary stability objective for 2012 for the public sector as a whole and for each of the groups of agents that make it up, and the non-financial expenditure limit of the State Budget for 2012. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original