People's Alliance (Spain)

People's Alliance
Alianza Popular
AbbreviationAP
LeaderManuel Fraga
Founded9 October 1976 (federation)
5 May 1977 (party)
Dissolved20 January 1989
Merger ofDemocratic Reform
Spanish People's Union
Spanish Democratic Action
Social Democracy
Regional Action
Social People's Union
Spanish National Union
Succeeded byPeople's Party
HeadquartersCalle Silva, 23 - 28004 Madrid
Youth wingNew Generations of People's Alliance
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[3] to far-right[4]
European Parliament groupEuropean Democrats[5]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union[6]
ColorsYellow and Red
Party flag

The People's Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Popular, AP) was a post-Francoist[1][7] electoral coalition, and later a conservative political party in Spain, founded in 1976 as a federation of political associations. Transformed into a party in 1977 and led by Manuel Fraga, it became the main conservative party in Spain. It was refounded as the People's Party in 1989.

  1. ^ a b c Story, Jonathan (1995), "Spain's external relations redefined: 1975-1989", Democratic Spain: Reshaping External Relations in a Changing World, Routledge, p. 32
  2. ^ Dudek, Carolyn Marie (2005). EU Accession and Spanish Regional Development. Peter Lang. p. 47.
  3. ^ Gunther, Richard; Montero, José Ramón; Botella, Juan (2004), Democracy in Modern Spain, Yale University Press, p. 164
  4. ^ Río Morillas 2016, p. 108.
  5. ^ Van Hecke, Steven (2004), "A Decade of Seized Opportunities: Christian Democracy in the European Union", Christian Democratic Parties in Europe since the End of the Cold War, Leuven University Press, p. 277
  6. ^ Newton, Michael T. (1997), Institutions of Modern Spain: A Political and Economic Guide, Cambridge University Press, p. 200
  7. ^ Encarnación, Omar G. (2008), Spanish Politics, Polity Press, p. 57

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