 León, a historical kingdom and historical region of Spain, once joined to Old Castile to form Castile and León, was denied secession to be constituted as an autonomous community on its own right.During the second half of the 1980s, the central government seemed reluctant to transfer all competences to the "slow route" communities.After the five years set up by the constitution, all "slow route" communities demanded the maximum transfer guaranteed by the constitution.