The Supreme Court annuls the royal decree on Universities that tightened the criteria for private centers due to a lack of justification for its urgent processing

The Spanish Supreme Court has annulled a royal decree governing the creation, recognition, and authorization of university centers. The court's Administrative Chamber ruled that the government failed to provide sufficient justification for using an urgent legislative procedure to pass the measure.

The invalidated decree was designed to tighten criteria for establishing new private higher education institutions. The government's stated intent behind the regulation was to prevent the proliferation of private centers that do not meet established standards of academic excellence.