La Disposición Adicional Primera de la Constitución de 1978 en las Cortes

Abstract

After examining the claim of the Basque historical rights during the Restoration and the Second Republic, the work focuses on its treatment in the 1978 Constitution. PNV’s initial proposal of a pact with the Crown was converted by consensus parties (UCD, PSOE, Alianza Popular, PC and CIU) in a more limited range provision. The update of these rights would be verified by the Statute of Autonomy by accepting the constitutional framework. The paper describes the hazardous negotiating process between PNV and UCD in the Commission and in Congress’ and the Senate’s Plenaries. In this last chamber Basque Group Senators incorporated, with Socialist support, a separate amendment on constitutional opinion on this matter, but the UCD confirmed in the Senate the validity of the agreement proposal, which is currently known as first Additional Provision of the Constitution.