The Federal Democratic Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano Democrático Federal, PRDF) was a Spanish
political party
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founded in 1868 during the
Glorious Revolution
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that was active until 1912. Its ideology was
federal republicanism
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The Republic's founding ensued after th ...
and
progressivism
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.
History
In 1868, the left-wing and
federalist republican wing of the
Democrats established the Democratic Federal Republican to achieve a
secular
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and democratic
federal republic in Spain.
[Juan Sisinio Pérez Garzón (2010)]
''La República Federal en España: Pi y Margall y el movimiento republicano federal, 1868-1874''
Madrid:Los Libros de La Catarata.
The PRDF was the ruling party during the
First Spanish Republic
The Spanish Republic ( es, República Española), historiographically referred to as the First Spanish Republic, was the political regime that existed in Spain from 11 February 1873 to 29 December 1874.
The Republic's founding ensued after th ...
(1873–1874), but it failed in its goal of consolidating a republican form of government and in establishing federalism. After the fall of the First Republic, it became a minority party, although retaining some influence in the republican movement during the
Restoration
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...
.
See also
*
Liberalism and radicalism in Spain
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*
List of political parties in Spain
This article serves as a list of the political parties in Spain.
Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level. Nationally, there are five dominant parties: Unidas Podemos, United We Can (Podemos (Spanish political party ...
References
* Jorge Vilches (2001). ''Progreso y Libertad. El Partido Progresista en la Revolución Liberal Española''. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. .
* Carmen Pérez Roldán (2001). ''El Partido Republicano Federal 1868-1874''. Madrid: Endymion Editorial. .
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