Spanish Social Democratic Union ( es, Unión Social Demócrata Española; USDE) was a

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that opposed the

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and wanted a

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. The USDE was founded in 1974 by

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History

It was the successor of the Social Party of Democratic Action founded in 1957. The USDE had social-Catholic,

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and

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internal currents. In 1975 the USDE joined the

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. Fernando Chueca Goitia, one of the founders of USDE, left the party in July 1976 to join the

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, where he was elected president in December of that year.

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History

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