Spanish Social Democratic Union

Spanish Social Democratic Union
Unión Social Demócrata Española
Secretary-General Dionisio Ridruejo
Founded 1974
Dissolved 1979
Merger of Social Party of Democratic Action
Ideology Social liberalism
Liberal democracy
Federalism
Political position Center
National affiliation Democratic Convergence Platform
Social Democratic Federation

Spanish Social Democratic Union (in Spanish: Unión Social Demócrata Española, USDE) was a social liberal political party in Spain that opposed the Franco dictatorship and wanted a liberal democracy in Spain. The USDE was founded in 1974 by Dionisio Ridruejo.

History

It was the successor of the Social Party of Democratic Action founded in 1957. The USDE had social-catholics, liberal and social democratic internal currents.[1]

In 1975 the USDE joined the Democratic Convergence Platform. Fernando Chueca Goitia, one of the founders of USDE, left the party in July 1976 to join the People's Democratic Party, where he was elected president in December of that year.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ «Unión Social Demócrata Española». Fundación Juan March.
  2. ↑ "El arquitecto Fernando Chueca". El País (in Spanish). 30 July 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Chueca Goitia, presidente del Partido Demócrata Popular". El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1976. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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