Spanish Democratic Socialist Party
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Spanish Democratic Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Democrático Español |
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| President | José M. Martínez de la Pedraja |
| Secretary-General | Antonio García López |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Dissolved | 7 April 1978 |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
| Youth wing | Democratic Socialist Youth |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
The Spanish Democratic Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Democrático Español, abbreviation PSDE) was a political party in Spain, active during the transition to democracy. The party was founded in 1975. The party sought to establish a democratic constitution in Spain. Antonio García López was the general secretary of the party.
PSDE was formed following a split in the Spanish Social Democratic Union (USDE) of Dionisio Ridruejo. The party had an anti-Marxist position, adhering to the social democratic line of Ridruejo. García López sympathized with the Godesberg Program of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He (albeit supporting legalization of the Communist Party of Spain) rejected any form of alliance with the communists. Moreover, he rejected the 'monopolization' of the socialist movement by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
The party was led by a National Commission. García López had been the vice chairman of USDE, before the death of Ridruejo. García López had also belonged to PSOE and had argued for an anti-Marxist position within that party. In PSOE García López had been booed by the delegates at the party congress in Suresnes. García López was accused of being a CIA agent, a fact that made other groups suspicious of PSDE. José M. Martínez de la Pedraja served as the PSDE party chairman. Jesús Prados Arrarte was the first vice president of the party. Ana María Pérez del Campo, vice president of the Association of Separated Women, also served as vice party president. Manuel Gómez Reino was the assistant general secretary of the party.
In early 1976 a group in Valencia broke away from PSDE and formed the Unified Democratic Socialist Party (PSDU). In the summer of 1976 the Valencia-based Labour Party merged into the PSDE. In August 1976 the PSDE founded the Sindicato Democrático de Ganaderos Montañeses, an agrarian union headed by Martínez de la Pedraja, in Santander. On September 11, 1976 PSDE submitted an application for legal registration as a political party to the General Director of Interior Politics. The application was drafted following a meeting between the party and the president of the Government. PSDE was legally registered on October 4, 1976.
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