Federal Democratic Republican Party
The Federal Democratic Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano Democrático Federal, PRDF) was a Spanish political party founded in 1868 during the Glorious Revolution that was active until 1912. Its ideology was federal republicanism and progressivism.
Federal Democratic Republican Party Partido Republicano Democrático Federal | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Francesc Pi i Margall Emilio Castelar Estanislao Figueras Nicolás Estévanez Murphy Eduardo Benot |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Dissolved | 1912 |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Merged into | Republican Nationalist Federal Union |
| Newspaper | El Federalista El Estado Catalán La Alianza de los Pueblos El Iris del Pueblo La Igualdad La Discusión El Pueblo Español |
| Ideology | Federal republicanism Progressivism Radical liberalism Republicanism Secularism[1] Social liberalism Factions: Cantonalism[2] Catalanism Localism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Purple |
History
In 1868, the left-wing and federalist republican wing of the Democrats established the Democratic Federal Republican to achieve a secular and democratic federal republic in Spain.[3]
The PRDF was the ruling party during the First Spanish Republic (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.
References
- Enrique Sanabria (2009). Republicanism and Anticlerical Nationalism in Spain. University of New Mexico.
- Juan Bautista Vilar Ramírez (1993). El federalismo en los orígenes del Cantón de Cartagena (el partido republicano federal en Murcia y su región, 1868-1873). Anales de Historia Contemporánea. Nº. 9. pp. 123–173. ISSN 0212-6559.
- 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.
- Jorge Vilches (2001). Progreso y Libertad. El Partido Progresista en la Revolución Liberal Española. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. ISBN 84-206-6768-4.
- Carmen Pérez Roldán (2001). El Partido Republicano Federal 1868-1874. Madrid: Endymion Editorial. ISBN 9788477313755.