What it is

Non-legislative motion regarding the prior request to the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia contemplated in Article 155 of the Constitution.

Plenary step 5 of 7 · Rejected

It is a non-binding motion. It was introduced on 2 October 2018. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Ciudadanos.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 162/000805· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

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

Introduced2 October 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted9 October 2018The 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.
Plenary15 October 2018All 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.

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18 December 2018

How did the plenary vote?

More votes against 163 yes · 174 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Non-legislative motion by the Ciudadanos Parliamentary Group, regarding making the prior request to the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia contemplated in Article 155 of the Constitution.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 165· 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.

Or see how most of each province voted

More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Ciudadanos and Popular en el Congreso. Against, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gcup-ec-em and GER. 5 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 22 most voted in favour; in 15, against.

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

In favour: 22
Against: 15
Tie: 15

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	1 in favour · 82 against · 1 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 against
Mixto	19	3 in favour · 14 against · 1 abst. · 1 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	30 in favour · 2 did not vote
Gcup-ec-em	67	65 against · 2 did not vote
GER	9	8 against · 1 did not vote
Popular en el Congreso	134	129 in favour · 5 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 162/000805
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 5 of sitting 165
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 regarding the prior request to the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia contemplated in Article 155 of the Constitution. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original