Democratic Left Front (Spain)
Defunct political coalition in Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic Left Front (in Spanish: Frente Democrático de Izquierdas, FDI), was a left-wing political coalition in Spain. The coalition was formed by the Party of Labour of Spain (PTE), the Independent Socialist Party, Independent Socialist Bloc, Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries and Communist Unification of Spain (UCE) to participate in the 1977 general elections. Most of those parties were still illegal at the time of the election. FDI presented lists in all Spain, except in Catalonia, were the PTE ran in a coalition with Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), called Left of Catalonia–Democratic Electoral Front (EC-FED). The coalition failed to win any seat (although their Catalan counterparts won one in Barcelona), and dissolved shortly afterwards.
Democratic Left Front Frente Democrático de Izquierdas | |
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Founded | 3 May 1977 (1977-05-03)[1] |
Ideology | Communism Socialism Antifascism Federalism Republicanism |
Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
Supported by | Party of Labour of Spain Independent Socialist Party Independent Socialist Bloc Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries Communist Unification of Spain Confederación de Sindicatos Unitarios de Trabajadores (CSUT) Democratic Association of Women Young Red Guard of Spain[2] |