People's Alliance (Spain)

The People's Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Popular, AP) was a post-Francoist^[1][7] electoral coalition, and a conservative political party in Spain, it was founded in 1976 as a federation of political associations.

People's Alliance Alianza Popular
Abbreviation	AP
Leader	Manuel Fraga
Founded	9 October 1976 (federation) 5 May 1977 (party)
Dissolved	20 January 1989
Succeeded by	People's Party
Headquarters	Calle Silva, 23 - 28004 Madrid
Youth wing	New Generations of People's Alliance
Ideology	Conservatism[1] National conservatism[2] Post-Francoism[1]
Political position	Right-wing[3] Far-right[4]
International affiliation	International Democrat Union[5]
European Parliament group	European Democrats[6]
Colors	Yellow and Red
Party flag

References

1. Story, Jonathan (1995), "Spain's external relations redefined: 1975-1989", Democratic Spain: Reshaping External Relations in a Changing World, Routledge, p. 32
2. Dudek, Carolyn Marie (2005). EU Accession and Spanish Regional Development. Peter Lang. p. 47.
3. Gunther, Richard; Montero, José Ramón; Botella, Juan (2004), Democracy in Modern Spain, Yale University Press, p. 164
4. Río Morillas 2016, p. 108. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRío_Morillas2016 (help)
5. Newton, Michael T. (1997), Institutions of Modern Spain: A Political and Economic Guide, Cambridge University Press, p. 200
6. Van Hecke, Steven (2004), "A Decade of Seized Opportunities: Christian Democracy in the European Union", Christian Democratic Parties in Europe since the End of the Cold War, Leuven University Press, p. 277
7. Encarnación, Omar G. (2008), Spanish Politics, Polity Press, p. 57