Constitutive Session Of The Xv Legislature Of The Congress Of Deputies

MADRID, SPAIN - AUGUST 17: (L-R) The acting President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, the leader of Sumar and Second Vice-President and Acting Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Diaz, the Third Vice-President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Albares, and the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, during the Constitutive Session of the 15th Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, Teresa Ribera, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Albares, and the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, during the Constitutive Session of the XV Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, on 17 August, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The deputies of the formation have arrived at the Lower House after holding an internal meeting in which they have decided to support the Socialist candidate for the Presidency of the Congress. The Congress of Deputies and the Senate, which emerged from the general elections of July 23rd, hold today their constitutive sessions, the first of the legislature. Today the 350 deputies elected in the elections of July 23rd will take office, in accordance with the Constitution, and will vote for the nine members of the Bureau of the Chamber. As the organs of the Chamber have not yet been constituted, a Bureau of Age has been set up to direct this session. (Photo By Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images)