Complete the account of public employment.
Spain uses a ______ system, in which entry is by competitive examination and the successful candidate joins a corps. Temporarily appointed officials are ______ civil servants, a category that has grown well beyond its intended use. Posts of special responsibility may be filled by free ______. The constitutional principles governing access are publicity, merit and ______.
Word bank: career · interim · designation · capacity · position · seniority
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- The first blank names the family Spain belongs to.
- The last blank completes a three-term constitutional formula.
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Spain uses a career system, in which entry is by competitive examination and the successful candidate joins a corps. Temporarily appointed officials are interim civil servants, a category that has grown well beyond its intended use. Posts of special responsibility may be filled by free designation. The constitutional principles governing access are publicity, merit and capacity.
The growth of the interim category in the second blank is the system's largest current problem: a route designed for justified temporary needs has been used for long-term staffing, producing repeated litigation and a workforce with two tiers doing the same work.
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