National Democracy (Spain)

National Democracy
Democracia Nacional
LeaderLuis Mateos
Founded1995
HeadquartersPeña Francia Street, 13, Valladolid
Youth wingDemocracia Nacional Joven
IdeologySpanish nationalism
Right-wing populism[1]
Hard Euroscepticism
Anti-globalism
Nouvelle Droite[2]
Political positionFar-right
National affiliationADÑ–Spanish Identity
European affiliationAlliance for Peace and Freedom
Party flag
Website
democracianacional.org

National Democracy (Spanish: Democracia Nacional, DN) is a far-right[3] political party in Spain, founded in 1995. It is modelled on the National Rally (RN) of France, and grew indirectly out of several defunct parties like the Spanish Circle of Friends of Europe (CEDADE) group and Juntas Españolas. Until 2018, its leader was Manuel Canduela Serrano, a former member of Acción Radical, a group active in the Valencian Community. He was also a vocalist in the so-called "identity" rock group Division 250.[4] The party's current leader is Pedro Chaparro.

In the 2004 general election, the party got 15,180 votes throughout Spain, amounting to 0.06% of the total vote. In the 2008 general election, it got 12,588 votes, amounting to 0.05% of the vote. That dropped to 0.01% of the vote in the 2011 general election, with 1,876 votes.

In 2007 the party gained three town councillors: two in Tardajos and one in Herradón de Pinares. In Tardajos it governed with the People's Party. In the 2011 local elections, one town councillor was elected under the DN banner in Tardajos. In the 2015 local elections, the DN lost the seat in Tardajos but gained a new town councillor in Cuenca de Campos, which it lost in 2019.[5]

  1. ^ Büttner, Frauke (2011). "Right-wing extremism in Spain: Between parliamentary right-wing extremism in Spain: Between parliamentary insignificance, far-right populism and racist violence" (PDF). Is Europe on the "right" path: Right-wing extremism and right-wing populism in Europe. (coordinado por Nora Langenbacher y Britta Schellenberg). p. 185. ISBN 978-3-86872-617-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  2. ^ Casals, Xavier (1995). Neonazis en España: De las audiciones wagnerianas a los skinheads (1966-1995). ISBN 9788425328046.
  3. ^ Romero, Juanma Los 10.000 hijos de la ultraderecha 18 November 2007 Público, 54 http://www.publico.es/estaticos/pdf/18112007.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Division 250 music, videos, stats, and photos". Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  5. ^ Local election results - 2019 Archived 2019-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. El País.