Editing Spain (section)

====Government====
[[Executive branch|Executive authority]] rests with the [[Government of Spain|Government]] (''Gobierno de España''), which is [[Cabinet collective responsibility|collectively responsible]] to the Congress of Deputies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s614|title=Section 97, Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s677|title=Part V. Relations Between the Government and the Cortes Generales, Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> It consists of the [[Prime Minister of Spain|prime minister]], one or more [[Deputy Prime Minister of Spain|deputy prime ministers]], and the various [[Spanish government departments|ministers of state]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s616|title=Section 98 (1), Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> These characters together constitute the [[Council of Ministers of Spain|Council of Ministers]] which, as Spain's [[Central government|central executive authority]], conducts the business of the Government and administers the [[General State Administration|civil service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s614|title=Section 97, Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref> The Government remains in office so long as it can maintain the [[Motions of no confidence in Spain|confidence]] of the Congress of Deputies.

The prime minister, as [[head of government]], enjoys primacy over the other ministers by virtue of his or her ability to [[Advice (constitutional law)|advise]] the monarch as to their appointment and dismissal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s636|title=Section 100, Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> Moreover, the prime minister has plenary authority conferred by the Spanish Constitution to direct and coordinate the Government's policies and administrative actions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s616|title=Section 98 (2), Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> The Spanish monarch [[Prime Minister of Spain#Royal nomination and congressional confirmation|nominates]] the prime minister after consulting representatives from the different parliamentary groups and in turn formally appoints him or her to office upon a vote of investiture in the Congress of Deputies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011#s625|title=Section 99, Spanish Constitution|publisher=Constitute Project|access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>