Are you Canary Islands still part of Spain?

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Jane S

It means, like all of the autonomous regions in Spain, that they have some measure of governing themselves UNDER the Spanish central government. Much like the states in the US.

Autonomy is NOT Independence.

lena

no. itВґs false Spain didnВґt grant the canary islands autonomy . they dont rule themselves, but all the autonomous communities like galicia, pais vasco especially,(some more than others) can take charge of health .. education of their own area

Xabier

Jane is right "Autonomy is NOT Independence." Even being gratned Furos does not make Navarra a nation... it is more like England & Scotland... all the Autonomus citys & regions have there own Goverment... own Language & We're once part of there Own Kingdom before the Union of Spain... but that is all... the Passports are Still Spanish the people are Spanish & all the new law's are Subject to Madrid approval

rtorto

That means that Spain is made of Autonomous Communities, just like the USA, Canada, Germany or Australia are made of States. No big deal. Canary Islands is just another Autonomous Community within Spain.

Mardecristal

Yes!!

Canary Islands are in Spain!!

My boyfriend is Canary we live in Madrid

SOC JO! A capite ad calcem

Canary Islands are part of Spain,and still controlled from the central government but with their own political managment,the same as other Autonomies such as Catalonia,that has the Generalitat (Catalan government).
The 1978 constitution authorised the creation of regional autonomous governments. By 1985, 17 regions covering all of peninsular Spain, the Canaries and the Balearic Islands had passed a Charter of Autonomy. In 1979, the first autonomous elections were held in the Basque and Catalan regions, which have the strongest nationalist movements. Since then, autonomous governments have been created in the remainder of the 17 regions.

The central government continues to devolve powers to the regional governments, which might eventually have full responsibility for health care and education, as well as other social programs. This process is limited by the exclusive powers of the state in article 149 of the Spanish Constitution.

All autonomous communities are ruled by a government elected by a unicameral legislature.

Spain is, at present, what is called a State of Autonomies, formally unitary but, in fact, functioning almost as a Federation of Autonomous Communities, each one with different powers (for instance, some have their own educational and health systems co-ordinated by the Central government, co-official language and particular cultural identity) and laws. There are some differences within this system, since power has been devolved from the centre to the periphery asymmetrically, with some autonomous governments (especially those dominated by nationalist parties) seeking a more federalist kind of relationship with Spain, now the Central Government is dealing with autonomous governments for the transfer of more autonomy. This system of asymmetrical devolution has been described as a coconstitutionalism and has similarities to the devolution process adopted by the United Kingdom since 1997. At the same time, integration in the European Union causes the succession of powers from the State to the European institutions.

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