nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210226-154142-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210226s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210226-154142-0 doi eng 342 23 Cebada Romero, Alicia Author aut Spain: One Pandemic and Two Versions of the State of Alarm Cebada Romero, Alicia Verfassungsblog 2021-02-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Spanish response to the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic that have affected the territory has so far largely relied on emergency powers. The measures were adopted on the basis of the pre-existing legal framework provided in article 116 of the Constitution and its legislative development, Ley Orgánica 4/1981 on state of alarm, exception and siege, adopted on 1 June 1981 (henceforth LO 4/1981). As explained below, two different approaches have characterised the response to the first and second wave. However, both have their legal basis on the same norms and are based on the same legal category, i.e., the state of alarm ('estado de alarma'). funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 COVID 19 Spain Dominguez Redondo, Elvira Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/spain-one-pandemic-and-two-versions-of-the-state-of-alarm/ raw object