Talk:Cortes Generales

message: This article has only a history through 1978, and no other information about the Cortes itself.  The Spanish article :es:Cortes Generales seems to be useful, but I'm not fluent enough in Spanish to translate it.  --Closeapple 18:55, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a section about the cortes nowadays. It is stubby, but better than nothing. I'll try to expand it later. --Estradin 08:16, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: history

message: Weren't the Francoist Cortes "elected" instead of appointed by Franco?
I remember something about tercios ("thirds"):
* One third by family heads.
* one syndical third by Falange.
* One third by corporations (colegios profesionales), universities, African tribal authorities,...
-- Error 22:44, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, they were, but the candidates were appointed by the regime (I mean, there were no political parties as we know them, not even a soviet-like state party). You had then the opportunity to choose between Mr. A, appointed by the regime, and Mr. B, appointed by the regime-loyal Syndicate. Habbit 23:20, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Tercios

message: The article says that the Spanish Senate appeared during the Habsburg's ruling time, but actually didn't. Moreover, during this period neither noblemen nor clergymen were called to the Cortes, as far as I know. Anyway, I think the Senate appeared during the 19th—Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.109.32.34 (talk) 12:06, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, there were others before this if the Leonese one even counts. Seems very dubious but probably need a central discussion somewhere to resolve it and which sources to respect and which incomplete/biased ones to ignore. — LlywelynII 09:22, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Senate 

message: The Icelandic Althing was founded in 930 and is the oldest Parliament in Western Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.82.97.197 (talk) 05:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, there were others before this if the Leonese one even counts. Seems very dubious but probably need a central discussion somewhere to resolve it and which sources to respect and which incomplete/biased ones to ignore. — LlywelynII 09:22, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: History Section Inaccuracy

message: The language used in the Second Republic History section is far from neutral. It's clearly written from a right-wing perspective, and seeks to blame the left for the Spanish Civil War. This should probably be changed. 217.35.132.93 (talk) 10:04, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section bias 

message: "Rubber stamp" is an expression not coined before 1881, and not used in the sense of which it is here presented, before 1919 - surely, there must be a more appropriate term! Please fix, whoever has time and power to do so. ~ JJ  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjjjc (talk • contribs) 07:44, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rubberstamp in section "The Imperial Cortes (16th-17th centuries)" 

message: Why is this name left untranslated when the translation, general court, could not be more straightforward? There are even examples of this phrase applied in the same sense, such as the Massachusetts General Court. Jergas (talk) 18:01, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: ≠ Only use English words. — LlywelynII 09:22, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  translation 

message: This article is a total and complete mess and mostly wrong. It should be entirely redone or just deleted. One only has to go to the Spanish article Cortes Generales to see this one has nothing to do with it. There was no such thing as Cortes Generales before the 1978 Constitution. Furthermore, before the 18th century there was no such thing as a Kingdom of Spain or a political entity called Spain. There were separate kingdoms, mainly Castille and Aragon, in a personal union but each had and retained their separate end different entity and political systems.  The organization, power and functioning of the Cortes of Castille were very different from the Cortes of Aragon which were themselves composed of regional Cortes. I do not think the article is salvageable as it is.  It would be best to start from scratch with information from the Spanish article.  GS3 (talk) 22:02, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This is from almost a decade ago and is still true. It just seems like no one is interested in wading through the Spanish sources to create Cortes of Toledo and the rest. — LlywelynII 09:22, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is all wrong and needs to be redone from scratch 

message: In the current Infobox, it says That Government is composed of PSOE and Confederal Left group. Why isn't "Confederal Left group" in the Supported by part of the infobox? User:Tetizeraz. Send me a ✉️ ! 16:16, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the Confederal Left group is made up of various parties, of which those belonging to the Unidas Podemos alliance are in the government. Thus, part of the group supports the government, and another part of the group is within the government. There's nothing strange in that. Impru20talk 16:55, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  thanks for the speedy answer! User:Tetizeraz. Send me a ✉️ ! 17:22, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You are welcome! :) Impru20talk 17:25, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dumb question here