Balearic Islands win as court scraps university decree

Balearic Islands, Spain: a court victory wipes out tougher rules for setting up private universities. Spain’s Supreme Court has struck down the government decree after the Balearic Islands’ regional government challenged it. On 8 October, Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities says it respects the ruling but disagrees with it.

The judges say the government did not properly explain why it rushed the decree through. That fast-track process skipped an advance consultation, without the legal basis needed to do so, the court says. Spain’s central state administration must pay 6,000 euros in court costs.

The ministry stresses that the judges ruled on the way the decree was handled, not on the rules themselves. It still considers tougher rules urgent: Spain has 50 public universities and 49 private ones.

Topics: Court cases · Education

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com