EL PARLAMENT DE CATALUNYA EN CLAU DE FUTUR

Abstract

The article presents some ideas aimed at making the Parliament of Cataloniaa more central institution in the political process. After analysing the possiblemeaning of the expression "crisis of parliaments” in modern societies,the legal amendments to the new Statute and Regulations of 2005 are setout in terms of modernising parliament. However, in terms of this objective,there are still problems to be resolved and opportunities for action. The authorspropose some measures which may be controversial, which include areduction in the number of deputies, a strengthening of representativescompared to groups, the employment of non-legal professionals, an activecommunication policy and multidisciplinary parliamentary studies.

Keywords

• parliament
• parliamentary activity
• electoral system
• legislative procedure
• relations executive-legislative