National Union (Spain)
Political party in Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with National Union (Spain, 1900).
National Union (Spanish: Unión nacional) was a Spanish far right electoral coalition which contested the 1979 Spanish general election. It linked Blas Piñar's Fuerza Nueva Francoist party with the Carlists.
Quick Facts President, Founded ...
National Union Unión Nacional | |
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President | Blas Piñar |
Founded | 1979 (1979) |
Dissolved | 1982 (1982) |
Merger of | Fuerza Nueva FE de las JONS Círculos Doctrinales José Antonio Comunión Tradicionalista Confederación Nacional de Excombatientes Agrupación de Juventudes Tradicionalistas |
Ideology | Francoism Falangism Carlism National Catholicism Spanish nationalism Anticommunism |
Political position | Far-right |
Slogan | España en tus manos (Spain [is] in your hands) |
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The coalition gathered 378,964 votes (2.11%), which earned it one seat in Madrid, held by Piñar.[1]