National Front (Spain, 1986)

{{Infobox political party , name = National Front , native_name = Frente Nacional , colorcode = black , logo = Fuerza Nueva.svg , leader =

Blas Piñar Blas Piñar López (22 November 1918 – 28 January 2014) was a Spanish far right politician. Having connections to Catholic organizations, during the Francoist dictatorship he directed the Institute of Hispanic Culture (''Instituto de Cultura ...

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''Hay un camino a la Derecha'' , foundation = {{Start date, 1986 , dissolved = {{End date, 1993 , predecessor = ''

Fuerza nueva New Force ( es, Fuerza Nueva, FN) was the name of a far-right political party in Spain founded by Blas Piñar, director of the Institute of Hispanic Culture and longtime ''procurador'' in the Cortes Españolas during the Francoist period. Origi ...

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, european = , international = , youth_wing = Juventudes del Frente Nacional , colours = , state = Spain The National Front ( es, Frente Nacional) was a

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. The National Front was founded and directed by

as a successor to the

Fuerza Nueva New Force ( es, Fuerza Nueva, FN) was the name of a far-right political party in Spain founded by Blas Piñar, director of the Institute of Hispanic Culture and longtime ''procurador'' in the Cortes Españolas during the Francoist period. Origi ...

. It was created in 1986 with the economic support of other groups of the European far right such as the

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and the

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with the objective of increasing their sphere of influence in the

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. In 1987 the National Front did not obtain the 70,000 votes (0.63%) required for representation. A drawn-out debacle ensued that intensified because of the 59,964 votes it obtained at the following elections. Many of the party members, moved by their contempt for the gerontocracy at the head of the party, joined with the

Juntas Españolas Juntas Españolas was a far-right political party in Spain that was created in 1983 after a call had been issued in the now-defunct newspaper ''El Alcázar'' by the newspaper's director, Antonio Izquierdo. The group also followed the failure and s ...

, the ''Unión Patriótica'', and the ''Círculo Español de Amigos de Europa'' (

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), a

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group. In order to slow the decline of its membership, the National Front created the "Youth of the National Front" (''Juventudes del Frente Nacional''), a section headed by Luis José Cillero. With Cillero, who many called the "young ancient", the loss of membership to Juntas Españolas slowed. In 1992, the European allies of Piñar, with

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at the lead, threatened to cut their support if he continued to fail. Piñar thought of passing his authority to his right-hand man,

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, founder of Manos Limpias, but he was able to continue to serve as leader after contacting the Juntas Españolas and proposing a new, joint venture. Far-right political parties in Spain Spanish nationalism Defunct nationalist parties in Spain Fascist parties in Spain