Spanish Social Democratic Union
{{Short description|Defunct Spanish political party}}
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| name = Spanish Social Democratic Union
| native_name = Unión Social Demócrata Española
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| secretary_general = Dionisio Ridruejo
| founded = 1974
| dissolved = 1979
| predecessor = Social Party of Democratic Action
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| ideology = Liberal democracy
Social liberalism
Federalism
| position = Centre
| national = Democratic Convergence Platform
Social Democratic Federation
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| state = Spain
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Spanish Social Democratic Union ({{langx|es|Unión Social Demócrata Española}}; USDE) was a social-liberal political party in Spain that opposed the Francoist State and advocated a liberal democracy in Spain. The USDE was founded in 1974 by Dionisio Ridruejo.
History
It was the successor of the Social Party of Democratic Action founded in 1957. The USDE had social-Catholic and liberal internal currents.
In 1975 the USDE joined the Democratic Convergence Platform. Fernando Chueca Goitia, one of the founders of USDE, left the party in July 1976 to join the People's Democratic Party, where he was elected president in December of that year.{{cite news |date=30 July 1976 |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1976/07/30/espana/207525611_850215.html |title=El arquitecto Fernando Chueca |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |access-date=13 February 2017}}{{cite news |date=22 December 1976 |url=http://elpais.com/diario/1976/12/22/espana/220057209_850215.html |title=Chueca Goitia, presidente del Partido Demócrata Popular |language=Spanish |newspaper=El País |access-date=13 February 2017}}