Union, Progress and Democracy

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Union, Progress and Democracy (Spanish: Unión, Progreso y Democracia [unˈjon, pɾoˈɣɾeso j ðemoˈkɾaθja], UPyD [upejˈðe]) was a Spanish radical centrist political party founded in September 2007 and dissolved in December 2020. It was a social-liberal party that rejected any form of nationalism, especially the separatist Basque and Catalan movements. The party was deeply pro-Europeanist and wanted the European Union to adopt a federal system without overlap between European, national, and regional governments. It also wanted to replace the State of Autonomies with a much more centralist, albeit still politically decentralized, unitary system as well as substituting a more proportional election law for the current one. UPyD first stood for election in the 9 March 2008 general election. It received 303,246 votes, or 1.2% of the national total. It won one seat in the Congress of Deputies for party co-founder Rosa Díez, becoming the newest party with national representation in Spain. Although...

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