Federation of Regional Parties

Federation of Regional Parties
Federación de Partidos Regionales
LeaderHéctor Villalba
PresidentMiguel Ramón Izquierdo
Founded16 April 1989[1]
Merger ofValencian Union
Regionalist Party of Cantabria
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country
Union of Regionalist Parties of Castilla-La Mancha
United Extremadura
Progressive Riojan Party
Melillan People's Union
Regional Party of Madrid
Succeeded byNationalist Coalition (1994)
IdeologyRegionalism

Federation of Regional Parties (Spanish: Federación de Partidos Regionales, FPR) was a Spanish electoral list in the European Parliament election in 1989 made up from several centre-right regionalist parties.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Navarrese People's Union (UPN) and the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) were initially also expected to join the Federation, but chose to support the newly-founded People's Party (PP) instead.[8]

  1. ^ Jara, Pedro (17 April 1989). "12 partidos regionalistas deciden acudir juntos a las elecciones europeas". El País (in Spanish). Cáceres. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Seis partidos regionalistas pretenden concurrir juntos al Parlamento Europeo". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. 1 May 1988. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ^ Beltrán, Adolf (26 June 1988). "Siete partidos regionalistas irán juntos a las elecciones europeas". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Los partidos regionalistas elaborarán un programa común para las elecciones europeas". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 5 December 1988. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  5. ^ Castillo, Antonio (16 January 1989). "Los partidos regionalistas esperan obtener cuatro eurodiputados". El País (in Spanish). Logroño. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Unión Valenciana o el PAR encabezarán la candidatura al Parlamento Europeo". El País (in Spanish). Santander. 5 February 1989. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  7. ^ Jardí, Manuel (13 February 1989). "Los regionalistas rechazan la oferta del PP para las elecciones europeas". El País (in Spanish). Valencia. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ^ "UV quiere que la Federación se presente a las europeas". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 22 February 1989. Retrieved 20 July 2017.