RT Journal Article T1 The autonomous communities in the law on the state foreign service and action A1 García Pérez, Rafael K1 Foreign action K1 Foreign policy K1 Autonomous communities K1 Spain AB In March 2014 came into force the Law on the State Foreign Service and Action (LAESE). It is a legislative initiative aimed to modernize and coordinate Spain’s foreign politics. It was sponsored by the current Government of the Popular Party and has been approved only with the support of the same parliamentary group. The main objective of the law, to guarantee the principle of the state action unity, has put the Autonomous Communities in the middle of the political debate. Most of the critics done by the opposing parties have been focused on this aspect remarking its “re-centralizing” character. Therefore, it is worth to debate if the law shortens the autonomic competences in foreign issues. The present article analyses the treatment received by the Autonomous Communities in the text of the above mentioned law. I conclude that it does not cut autonomic competences in foreign issues, while identifying several debilities that put in doubt the effectiveness that the new law can reach PB Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y relaciones Internacionales (AEPDIRI) SN 0928-0634 YR 2014 FD 2014 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19706 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19706 LA eng NO García Pérez, R. (2014). The autonomous communities in the law on the state foreign service and action. "Spanish Yearbook of International Law", vol. 18, 279-291 DS Minerva RD 22 abr 2026