No provision within the constitution grants the monarch an ability to veto legislation directly; however, no provision prohibits the sovereign from withholding royal assent, which effectively constitutes a veto. When the Spanish media asked King Juan Carlos if he would endorse the bill legalising same-sex marriages, he answered "Soy el Rey de España y no el de Bélgica" ("I am the King of Spain and not that of Belgium")—a reference to King Baudouin I of Belgium, who had refused to sign the Belgian law legalising abortion. The King gave royal assent to Law 13/2005 on 1 July 2005; the law was gazetted in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 2 July and came into effect on 3 July 2005. Likewise, in 2010, King Juan Carlos gave royal assent to a law permitting abortion on demand.
No provision within the constitution grants the monarch an ability to veto legislation directly ; however , no provision prohibits the sovereign from withholding royal assent , which effectively constitutes a veto . When the Spanish media asked King Juan Carlos if he would endorse the bill legalising same - sex marriages , he answered " Soy el Rey de España y no el de Bélgica " ( " I am the King of Spain and not that of Belgium")—a reference to King Baudouin I of Belgium , who had refused to sign the Belgian law legalising abortion . The King gave royal assent to Law 13/2005 on 1 July 2005 ; the law was gazetted in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 2 July and came into effect on 3 July 2005 . Likewise , in 2010 , King Juan Carlos gave royal assent to a law permitting abortion on demand .
When did same-sex marriages become legal in Spain?
When did same - sex marriages become legal in Spain ?
3 July 2005
3 July 2005