Secretary-General Dionisio Ridruejo Dissolved 1979 | Founded 1974 Political position Center | |
Merger of Social Party of Democratic Action Ideology Social liberalism
Liberal democracy
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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.
In 1975 the USDE joined the Democratic Convergence Platform.
References
Spanish Social Democratic Union Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA