When can some rights, for example freedom of assembly, be suspended according to Article 55?
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Spanish Constitution, article 55 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: When a state of exception or siege (estado de excepción o de sitio) is declared, as the Constitution says. This is Article 55.
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Constitution · article 55.1
The question in Spanish
Según el artículo 55, ¿cuándo se pueden suspender algunos derechos, por ejemplo la libertad de reunión?
The options
- AWhen a state of exception or siege is declaredCuando se declara el estado de excepción o de sitioCorrect
- BWhen there are general electionsCuando hay elecciones generales
- CWhenever the police ask for itSiempre que lo pida la policía
What the Constitution says
«1. Los derechos reconocidos en los artículos 17, 18, apartados 2 y 3, artículos 19, 20, apartados 1, a) y d), y 5, artículos 21, 28, apartado 2, y artículo 37, apartado 2, podrán ser suspendidos cuando se acuerde la declaración del estado de excepción o de sitio en los términos previstos en la Constitución. Se exceptúa de lo establecido anteriormente el apartado 3 del artículo 17 para el supuesto de declaración de estado de excepción.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 55 (paragraph 1, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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