Motion of no confidence
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In a deliberative assembly, a motion of no confidence is a motion declaring that a government or an officer, typically a government executive, is not fit to hold office. A vote on such a motion is a v
The outgoing prime minister Mariano Rajoy (right) congratulates the incoming prime minister Pedro Sánchez (left) upon losing the no-confidence vote on 1 June 2018.
The constructive vote of no confidence is a variation on the motion of no confidence that allows a parliament to withdraw confidence from a head of government only if there is a positive majority for
Motion of no confidence
…for motions of no confidence to be proposed by one-tenth of the Congress of Deputies. Following the German model, votes of no confidence in Spain are constructive and so the motion must also include an alternative candidate for prime minister. For a motion of no confidence to be successful, it has to be carried…
Willy Brandt, 1971 in the German Bundestag
German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was the first head of government to be overthrown by a constructive vote of no confidence.
Mariano Rajoy was the first prime minister in Spain's political history to be removed by a constructive vote of no confidence.