Eugenio Gay Montalvo, Vice President Emeritus of the Spanish Constitutional Court considered that the social spending cuts being undertaken by the Government of Spain and the regional governments, and the increasing tax burden, contradicts the spirit of the Spanish Constitution, which defines Spain as a social and legal state, and denounced the abuse of decree to overcome the fundamental principles that the Constitution guarantees. The lawyer made ​​these considerations during his admission as Corresponding Academician to Madrid in the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras of Spain (RACEF).