Spanish Social Democratic Union

Spanish Social Democratic Union was a social-liberal political party in Spain that opposed the Francoist State and advocated a liberal democracy in Spain. The USDE was founded in 1974 by Dionisio Ridruejo.

History

It was the successor of the Social Party of Democratic Action founded in 1957. The USDE had social-Catholic and liberal internal currents.
In 1975 the USDE joined the Democratic Convergence Platform. Fernando Chueca Goitia, one of the founders of USDE, left the party in July 1976 to join the People's Democratic Party, where he was elected president in December of that year.