http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230106-001557-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-institutional-crisis-that-dissolved-like-a-sugar-cube/ An Institutional Crisis that Dissolved Like a Sugar Cube Ruiz Robledo, Agustín eng 2023-01-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Crisis Spain Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In mid-December, Spain faced a constitutional logjam when judges blocked a government bill to change how the judiciary’s governing council, the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), operates. But when the situation seemed to be heading towards a serious institutional crisis, on 27 December, the CGPJ unanimously elected its two corresponding jurists. The crisis has dissolved without a trace, like a sugar cube in tea. But it has left a very bitter aftertaste.