Moderate Party (Spain)

Moderate Party
Partido Moderado
LeaderFernando Fernández de Córdova (last)
FounderFrancisco de Paula Martínez
Founded1834 (1834)
Dissolved1874 (1874)
Merged intoConservative Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Economic liberalism
Constitutional monarchy
Centralism
Political positionCentre to centre-right

The Moderate Party (Spanish: Partido Moderado) or Moderate Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Moderado) was one of the two Spanish political parties that contended for power during the reign of Isabel II (reigned 1833–1868). Like the opposing Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Progresista), it characterised itself as liberal and dynasticist; both parties supported Isabel against the claims of the Carlists.

The Moderates contained various factions. Some supported working with Progressives, but others sought closer ties with the Old Regime. However, the party's dominant ideology was adherence to the centrist juste milieu of the French Doctrinaires.[1][2]

  1. ^ Candil Jiménez, Francisco (2001). "Algunos datos sobre el pensamiento y actividad política de Joaquín Francisco Pacheco". Homenaje al Dr. Marino Barbero Santos: in memoriam. Universidad de Salamanca. p. 115.
  2. ^ Comellas García-Llera, José Luis (2014). Historia de España contemporánea. Rialp. pp. 185–186.