Retroactivity of norms versus acquired rights

About the Royal Decree-Law 8/2010, of May 20, by which extraordinary measures are adopted to reduce public deficit

Abstract

The following article several issues will be analyzed in order to clarify the legality of the controversial legislative text. First, the figure of Decree-Law, that both arouses suspicion among the authorities, and if in this case have been kept within the limits that article 86 CE required for approval. Second, and consistent with the previous, the fact that this alleged extraordinary and urgent need has been chosen to reduce, and not freezing as in the past had happened, the salaries of public employees and it giving retroactive effect to a regulation having the force of law affecting individual law. Finally, and as a result of previous, the fact that this controversial measure was again brought to light also discussed the theory of acquired law of public employees.