The Community of Madrid has filed a contentious-administrative appeal with the Supreme Court against the Royal Decree on Universities of the Pedro Sánchez government, considering it arbitrary, contrary to legal certainty, developed without any type of negotiation or consensus, and attacking the competences of the Autonomous Communities in this matter, according to regional sources. The Council of Government is scheduled to receive this Wednesday a report on the legal actions taken by the regional General Legal Counsel against this norm, which also unjustifiably limits the freedom of enterprise and the creation of educational centers recognized in the Spanish Constitution. The appeal argues that article 27 of the Magna Carta recognizes the capacity of the autonomous communities to develop and apply educational laws in all their levels and modalities, while the State should only set the basic regulations. Likewise, the Ayuso government maintains that the project "has been processed with opacity, without prior public consultation and without counting on the autonomous communities". The procedure for the constitution of new universities and university centers in the Community of Madrid establishes "very rigorous controls that guarantee the excellence of the approved projects". However, this Royal Decree, according to the regional Executive, exceeds that basic framework and leaves very little margin for the regions to regulate on their own. Related news: Setback for the Madrid Court to the PSOE for violating the right of association of Leguina Mariano Calleja. The Justice reproaches the Socialist Party for the delay in the expulsion process of the former president of the Community of Madrid. The state standard incorporates requirements such as requiring centers to have a minimum of 4,500 students, which the regional government considers arbitrary, and in no case respond to the pretended interest in increasing the quality of Spanish universities. In addition, the new Law on Higher Education, Universities and Science that the Education Department is working on "will incorporate improvements to these procedures always within the framework of regional competencies", according to the same regional sources.
Madrid Government Challenges University Decree at Supreme Court
The Madrid region's government has taken Spain's central government to the Supreme Court over a new universities decree, arguing it violates regional powers and was created without consultation.
