What it is

Non-legislative motion on achieving a national pact in educational matters.

Plenary step 5 of 7 · Rejected

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 4 February 2016. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Popular en el Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000067· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 5 of 7 steps. It reached Plenary, and today it is rejected.

Introduced4 February 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted9 February 2016The 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.
Plenary12 February 2016All 350 deputies vote.
Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

See the 5 official steps on a timeline

19 April 2016

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 107 yes · 179 no · 38 abst.

Voted on: Non-legislative motion of the Popular Parliamentary Group in the Congress, regarding the achievement of a national pact on education. Voted in the terms resulting from the incorporation of the amendment of the Mixed Parliamentary Group (Mr. Martínez Oblanca).

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 3 of sitting 10· 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, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gc-dl, GER and Gp-ec-em. 5 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 10 most voted in favour; in 26, against.

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

In favour: 10
Against: 26
Tie: 15

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	89	85 against · 4 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	6	6 against
Mixto	14	4 in favour · 9 against · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	40	37 abst. · 3 did not vote
Gc-dl	8	7 against · 1 did not vote
GER	9	9 against
Gp-ec-em	65	63 against · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	119	103 in favour · 16 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It goes no further. A similar one could be introduced later.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000067
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 3 of sitting 10
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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Non-legislative motion on achieving a national pact in educational matters. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original