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Spain Other National Parties
Smaller parties emerged during the 1970s and the 1980s,
and
they frequently became part of various coalitions. The PDP
had
been a component of the UCD, but it re-established its
separate
identity in 1982, joining with the AP for the October 1982
electoral campaign and forming part of the CP during the
June
1986 elections. The PL, founded in 1977, also allied with
the CP
in 1986. The centrist Democratic Reformist Party (Partido
Reformista Democratico--PRD), established in 1984,
stressed
decentralization and greater independence for local party
leaders. A new radical right-wing party also emerged in
1984, the
Spanish Integration Committees (Juntas Espanolas de
Integracion).
Founded by former Franco ministers, the party presented an
updated version of the Falangism of the Franco regime.
Another
extreme right-wing party, the National Front (Frente
Nacional--
FN), was formed in October 1986. On the left, the radical
Progressive Federation (Federacion Progresista--FP) called
for
greater decentralization and for a neutralist foreign
policy.
Special interest groups also established political
organizations. The Spanish Green Party (Partido Verde
Espanol--
PVE) convened its first party congress in February 1985.
The
group focused on wide-ranging environmentalist concerns,
and it
opposed NATO membership for Spain. There was also a
Feminist
Party (Partido Feminista--PF) that focused primarily on
education.
Data as of December 1988
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