1.0News from Spainhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spaineuroresidenteshttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/author/euroresidentes/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZXBfXbHYte"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/constitutional-court-guarantees/">Constitutional Court guarantees equality in electoral lists in Spain</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/news-spain/constitutional-court-guarantees/embed/#?secret=ZXBfXbHYte" width="600" height="338" title="«Constitutional Court guarantees equality in electoral lists in Spain» — News from Spain" data-secret="ZXBfXbHYte" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> According to sources from within the Constitutional Court it has given its full backing to the Law on Equality which makes it obligatory for political parties to present electoral lists that represent women in equal numbers to men despite an appeal by the PP main opposition party against this. Apparently only one member of the court, the conservative magistrate Jorge Rodríguez Zapata, opposed this decision which will be officially announced within the next few days. The PP group within the Spanish parliament presented an appeal against this clause in the Equality law in June last year on the grounds that