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ARAGON BASIC DATA, 2015 · Aragon Statistics Institute

ARAGON INSTITUTIONS

Aragon institutions The Autonomous Community of Aragon is ruled by its Statute of Autonomy approved in 1982 and its later modifications, the last one was approved by the Ley Orgánica 5/2007. The institutions of the Autonomous Community of Aragón are the Cortes, the President, the Government or Diputación General and the Justicia. (art. 32)

The Cortes of Aragon The Cortes of Aragon represent the aragonese people, they exert the Community's own legislative authority, they have a single-chamber nature and are composed by Deputies elected by universal suffrage, equal, free, direct and secret. The electoral district is the province and 18 Deputies are elected for Huesca, 14 for Teruel and 35 for Zaragoza. (art. 33 and next ones).

The Cortes of Aragon composition, 2015. Seats by political parties. PSOE 18 PODEMOS 14

PP 21

PAR 6 C's 5 CHA 2 IU 1

The President and the Government of Aragon The President of the Government of Aragon is elected by the Cortes among its Deputies and named by the King. (art. 46) The Government of Aragon or Diputación General de Aragón exerts the statutory and executive authority in the aragonese Autonomous Community. It is composed by the President, the Vicepresidents, as appropriate, and the Counselors. (art. 53)

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ARAGON INSTITUTIONS

The Justicia of Aragon Evolution of the dossiers iniciated by the Justicia of Aragon. 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0

1,476

1,372

1,700

1,684

1,839

1,938

2,002

2,089

2,090

2,142

2,309

2,560

2,501

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

The Justicia of Aragon, without prejudice to the duties attributed to the spanish Ombudsman and in coordination with him, has the specific tasks of protection and defense of the individual and collective rights recognized in the Statute of Autonomy, the tutelage of the aragonese legal system, watching over its defense and application, and the defense of the Statute.

Distribution of the dossiers presented to the Justicia of Aragon by issues, 2014. Asistencia Social Educación Hacienda Sanidad Empleo Público Interior Justicia Medio Ambiente Urbanismo Vivienda Servicios Públicos Trabajo Derechos Menores Cultura y Patrimonio Contratación Pública Seguridad Social Industria Comercio Agricultura Obras Públicas Economía Tutela del ordenamiento jurídico aragonés Ganadería Defensa del Estatuto de Autonomía de Aragón Source: Memorias anuales del Justicia de Aragón.

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423 243 192 177 173 151 144 136 116 83 79 71 69 61 61 61 57 39 37 35 32 26 21 11 3

A dossier can be initiated in two ways: 1. Complaint presented by one or more persons. 2. Dossier initiated ex officio , with no need of a previous complaint.

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ARAGON INSTITUTIONS

Courts and Tribunals (Juzgados y Tribunales de Justicia ) Aragon, at December 31st, 2013. The Aragon High Court of Justice is the organ where the judicial system of Aragón culminates and where the consecutive procedural instances will finish when they haven't finished in other jurisdictional organ placed in the Autonomous Community, and with no prejudice to the Supreme Court's area of responsibility. The Justice Administration. It belongs to the Autonomous Community: The responsibility over all the personnel serving at the Justice Administration that is not integrated in the Judiciary, according to that stipulated in the Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial. The organization, the endowment and the management of the judicial offices and the organs and services supporting the jurisdictional organs. The Autonomous Community will be able to, in agreement with the State, participate in the management of the deposit accounts and the judiciary consignment and their returns. The Autonomous Community of Aragon has the competence over the Aragon Justice Administration's physical resources and is in charge of the free justice services organization and free legal guidance. (Ley Orgánica 5/2007, de 20 de abril, de reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Aragón).

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Collegiate bodies (Órganos colegiados ) High Court of Justice (Tribunal Superior de Justicia)

1

Presidency (Presidencia)

1

Dispute Chambers (section I and II) (Salas de lo Contencioso Administrativo) (sección I y II)

1

Criminal and Civil Chambers (Salas de lo Civil y Penal )

1

Social Chambers (Salas de lo Social )

1

Public Prosecution of the Autonomous Community (Fiscalía de la Comunidad Autónoma)

1

Government Secretary (Secretaría de Gobierno )

1

Provincial Courts (Audiencias Provinciales )

3

Provincial Courts Sections (Secciones de las Audiencias Provinciales)

6

Coordination Secretaries (Secretarías de Coordinación)

3

Public Prosecutions (Fiscalías) Provincial Public Prosecutions (Fiscalías Provinciales )

3

Territorial sections (Secciones territoriales )

2

Juvenile Public Prosecutions (Fiscalías de menores )

3

Police prosecution (Fiscalía de guardia )

1

Bodies (Órganos) Senior Court (Juzgado Decano)

1

Police Courts (Juzgados de Guardia)

1

Local Courts (Juzgados de 1ª Instancia)

21

Investigation Courts (Juzgados de Instrucción)

12

Local and Investigation Courts (Juzg. 1ª Instancia e Instrucción)

29

Juvenile Courts (Juzgados de Menores) Dispute Courts (Juzgados de lo Contencioso Administrativo) Criminal Courts (Juzgados de lo Penal)

4 7 11

Social Courts (Juzgados de lo Social )

9

Commercial Courts (Juzgados de lo Mercantil)

2

Violence against women Courts (Juzg. Violencia sobre la mujer)

2

Prison Supervision Courts (Juzgados de Vigilancia penitenciaria) Magistrates' Courts (Juzgados de Paz)

2 715

Victim Assistance Offices (Oficinas de asistencia a las victimas)

3

Delegate Offices (Oficinas delegadas)

3

Source: Departamento de Política Territorial, Justicia e Interior. Gobierno de Aragón.

ARAGON BASIC DATA, 2015 · Aragon Statistics Institute

LOCAL ENTITIES

Local entities Local entities and dependent bodies. Aragon, 2015. Local entities

Dependent bodies Number of entities

Number of entities

Total

863

Total

Municipalities

731

Autonomous organs

Provinces

3

388 69 81

Trading companies

Comarcas

32

Consortiums

18

Municipalities' communities Communities of Villa and Tierra

36 18

Foundations

45

Minor Local Entities

43

Municipalities' associations

175

Reference date: may 2015. Source: Departamento de Política Territorial, Justicia e Interior. Gobierno de Aragón.

Finance and expense structure of local entities. Aragon, 2013. Unit: percentage.

Income. Total income: 1,541.8 million euros 31.6

Direct taxes Indirect taxes Fees and other income Current transfers Income from property Real investments' sales Capital transfers Financial assets Financial liabilities

3.0 16.9 41.4 2.6 0.3 3.3 0.3 0.8 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Expense per functions. Total expense: 1,647.3 million euros 9.2

Public Debt

21.8

Basic Civil Service 8.3

Social protection and promotion actions

14.4

Preferential public goods production

11.1

Economic actions

35.1

General actions 0% Source: Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda.

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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PUBLIC FINANCE

Autonomous Community of Aragon's budget Expense share per functions in the budget. Exercise 2015. Unit: percentage. Healthcare Education Public Debt Agriculture and Livestock Social Security and Protection Basic and Transport Infrastructure General Administration Agricultural infrastructure General Economic Actions Social Promotion Justice Transfers to Territorial Public Administrations Technical and Applied Scientific Research Housing and town planning A.C. and Government Senior Management Culture Financial activity Community welfare Industry Tourism Trade Energy and Mining International Cooperation Other social and community services Statistical and Basic Information

30.23 16.89 15.52 10.56 6.08 4.37 2.75 2.56 2.09 1.94 1.34 1.19 1.16 0.54 0.51 0.47 0.44 0.37 0.27 0.25 0.18 0.14 0.07 0.06 0.03 0%

5%

10%

Total Expense: 5,254.45 million euros

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Source: Presupuesto 2015. Departamento de Hacienda y Administración Pública. Gobierno de Aragón.

The financial statements of the Autonomous Community's budget represent the annual, systematic, numbered expresion of the expense and income items. The consolidated budget is the result of the consolidation of the Autonomous Community and its Public Institutions' budget. It comprises the budgets of the Cortes of Aragon, the Consejo Económico y Social , the Comisión Jurídico Asesora and the Departments (Consejerías ) of the Government of Aragon, so as the following Autonomous Institutions and Public Bodies: - Instituto Aragonés de Servicios Sociales - Servicio Aragonés de Salud - Instituto Aragonés de Empleo - Instituto Aragonés de la Mujer - Instituto Aragonés de la Juventud - Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria

- Aragonesa de Servicios Telemáticos - Instituto Aragonés del Agua - Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud - Banco de Sangre y Tejidos - Agencia de Calidad y Prospectiva Universitaria - Instituto Aragonés de Gestión Ambiental

The functional consolidated Autonomous Community's budget comprises its own consolidation and its Public Institutions' budget, showing the expense classified according to its functional purpose, without prejudice of its organic (Departments or Consejerías ) or economic (staff, investments, etc.) adscription.

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PUBLIC FINANCE

Autonomous Community of Aragon's budget Expense and income economic classification by chapters. Exercise 2015. Consolidated expense. Chapters

Million euros Percentage

Total

5,254.45

100.00

I. Staff costs

1,810.25

34.45

676.06

12.87

II. Expenditure on current goods and services III. Financial costs

227.56

4.33

IV. Current transfers

1,401.73

26.68

Current operations

4,115.61

78.33

VI. Real investment

189.46

3.61

VII. Capital transfers

326.35

6.21

VIII. Financial assets

4.30

0.08

595.47

11.33

1,115.57

21.23

23.27

0.44

IX. Financial liabilities Capital operations V. Contingency Fund

Expense's percentage distribution by chapters. Ch. IX Ch. VIII Ch. VII

Ch. I

Ch. VI Ch. V

Ch. IV Ch. III

Ch. II

Consolidated income. Chapters Total

Million euros Percentage 5,254.45

100.00

I. Direct taxes

1,321.28

25.15

II. Indirect taxes

1,716.66

32.67

III. Fees and other income

139.78

2.66

IV. Current transfers

905.34

17.23

25.84

0.49

4,108.90

78.20

27.00

0.51

VII. Capital transfers

154.25

2.94

VIII. Financial assets

3.71

0.07

960.59

18.28

1,145.55

21.80

V. Income from property Current operations VI. Real investments' sales

IX. Financial liabilities Capital operations

Source: Presupuesto 2015. Departamento de Hacienda y Administración Pública. Gobierno de Aragón.

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Income's percentage distribution per chapters.

Ch. IX Ch. I Ch. VIII Ch. VII Ch. VI Ch. V Ch. II Ch. IV Ch. III

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ELECTIONS

Query Census. Municipal and regional elections as of May 24th 2015. Electoral census composition. Voters by census type. Spanish voters

1,019,944

Residing in Aragon (CER)

988,985

Residing abroad (CERA)

30,959

Foreign voters (CERE). Residing in Aragon

11,245

Electoral census of resident-absentee spanish voters (CERA ) by residence geographical area. Total residents-absentees abroad (CERA )

30,959

Europe

13,795

Africa

Electoral census is composed by: CER. Electoral census of spanish voters living in Spain. CERA. Electoral census of residentabsentee spanish voters living abroad. CERE. Electoral census of foreign voters living in Spain, that will be different whether elections are municipal or to European Parliament. Reference date: CER-CERA: 01/03/2015.

276

America

16,186

Asia

473

Oceania

229

Electoral census of other EU countries' voters residing in Spain by nationality (CERE). Total EU foreign voters (CERE) Germany Austria

10,669 244 12

Belgium

78

Bulgaria

944

Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxemburg

362 2 42 1

Croatia

1

Netherlands

136

Denmark

6

Poland

402

Slovenia

3

Portugal

370

Estonia

2

United Kingdom

264

Finland

4

Czech Republic

24

France

614

Slovakia

12 7,069

Greece

13

Romania

Hungary

17

Sweden

Ireland

36

Source: Oficina del Censo Electoral. INE.

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ELECTIONS

Regional elections Elections to the Cortes of Aragon, 2015.

Vote distribution

Total population:

Elections to Cortes of Aragon in 2015

1,325,385

PSOE 21.9%

Election data Electors:

1,020,106

Voters:

676,654

66.33%

Abstention:

343,452

33.67%

Blank votes:

13,224

1.98%

Invalid votes:

8,796

1.30%

PP 28.1%

Other 3.5% C's 9.6% PODEMOS 21.0%

PAR 7.0% CHA IU 4.7% 4.3%

Vote evolution in the regional elections. 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015

Other C's PODEMOS IU CHA PAR PP PSOE

Source: Aragon Statistics Institute with data from Gobierno de Aragón.

Municipal elections Municipal elections. Aragon, 2015P.

Vote distribution

Total population:

1,325,385

Municipal elections in 2015

1,000,406

PSOE 27.0%

Election data Electors: Voters:

680,669

68.04%

Abstention:

319,737

31.96%

Blank votes:

15,671

2.34%

Invalid votes:

11,429

1.68%

P

Provisional data.

PP 28.4%

Other 4.2% PAR C's 9.0% 8.1% CHA C.Convergencia* 6.4% 16.8%

Vote evolution in the municipal elections 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

2011

2015

Other C's C.Convergencia* IU CHA PAR PP PSOE

* Candidaturas de Convergencia: new candidates that attended the elections in electoral groups, supported by several political parties converging to a common programme or project (Zaragoza en Común, Ganar, Cambiar, Aragón sí se puede, IU, Izquierda Plural, Somos, …) Source: Aragon Statistics Institute with data from Ministerio del Interior.

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ELECTIONS

General elections Elections to Spain's Congreso de los Diputados . Aragon, 2011. Total population

Vote distribution Elections to Congreso in 2011.

1,347,095

Election data Electors

PP-PAR 48.7%

1,018,510

Voters

723,071

70.99%

Abstention

295,439

29.01%

Blank votes

14,535

2.01%

Invalid votes

11,379

PSOE 32.2%

Other UPyD 2.5% 5.9%

1.57%

CHA-IU 10.7%

Aragon representation in Spain's Congreso de los Diputados . General elections, 2000 to 2011. PSOE

PP*

8

CHA* 8

7

8

5

4

1

5

4

1

2000

1

2004

2008

2011*

Elections to Spain's Senado. Aragon, 2011. Total population

Vote distribution Elections to Senado in 2011. 1,347,095 PP-PAR 51.3%

Election data Electors

PSOE 33.3%

1,018,510

Voters

70.59%

Abstention

29.41% Other UPyD 3.1% 2.2%

Aragon representation in Spain's Senado. General elections, 2000 to 2011. PSOE

PP*

9

8

3

2000

9

9

4

3

2004

2008

3

2011*

* In 2011, coalitions between PP-PAR and CHA-IU. Source: Aragon Statistics Institute with data from Ministerio del Interior.

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CHA-IU 10.0%

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ELECTIONS

European Parliament elections European Parliament elections. Aragon, 2014. Total population

Vote distribution European Parliament Elections, 2014. PSOE 25.1%

1,347,150

Election data Electors

PODEMOS 9.8%

1,024,502

Voters

468,511

45.73%

Abstention

555,991

54.27%

Blank votes

13,952

2.98%

Invalid votes

8,260

1.76%

IUA 9.7% PP 28.7%

UPyD 8.8% Other 17.8%

European Parliament elections results. Aragon. 2014

2009 Votes

%

Votes

%

PP

128,252

27.9%

196,056

41.7%

PSOE

111,976

24.3%

206,713

44.0%

PODEMOS

43,896

9.5%

-

-

IUA

43,326

9.4%

16,573

3.5%

UPyD

39,308

8.5%

14,956

3.2%

PRIMAVERA EUROPEA

20,703

4.5%

13,353

2.8%

C's

13,431

2.9%

-

-

Candidates

VOX

10,749

2.3%

-

-

Rest of candidates

34,658

7.6%

13,342

2.8%

CHA participated in 2014 elections within Primavera Europea. Source: Aragon Statistics Institute with data from Ministerio del Interior.

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