Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)
The Centro Democrático y Social (CDS ) ( Democratic and Social Centre) is a Spanish party with a liberal orientation.
The CDS was founded on 29 June 1982 by Adolfo Suárez González, Spanish Prime Minister from June 1976 to January 1981, as a spin-off of the then ruling party Unión de Centro Democrático.
In October 1982, the CDS won in the elections to the Spanish Congress of Deputies 600,000 votes and two deputies. In 1986, the company already had 1,800,000 votes and 19 seats, making the CDS was the third strongest political force in the country. In the local elections, the elections in the Autonomous Communities and in the European elections in 1987 made it a place in 13 community parliaments and recorded about 6,000 municipal councilors, 684 mayors, more than 200 seats in provinces and Autonomous Communities and 7 MEPs.
In January 1988, the CDS joined the Liberal International. After heavy losses in local elections in 1991 Adolfo Suárez González resigned from the post of party president. Many celebrities and members as well as almost the entire electorate then wandered off to the Partido Popular (PP ).
In the parliamentary elections in 1993, the CDS lost all congress seats. Since then it has no mandates at national or regional level. At municipal level, 54 City Council members have remained to him.
Between 1995 and 2002, party name and party orientation changed briefly, but returned at the Tenth Party Congress in October 2002 back.
In the parliamentary elections on 14 March 2004, the CDS generated 34 101 votes. 2006 resolved the Eleventh Congress of the CDS with a large majority, the dissolution of the party and its affiliation with the Partido Popular, which was completed then.
Already on the resolution several members of Congress, however, had also been imposed on the connection to the PP. This meant that after the dissolution of the CDS several successor parties were founded. The largest of these is the Centro Democrático Liberal, Member of the European party ELDR was also. In addition, the Centro Español Democrático arose.
In addition, led some members of the CDS, which had opposed the connection to the PP, 2007 an extraordinary " twelfth " by Congress, which followed the statutes of the (actually resolved ) Party and Fabian Villalabeitia Copena elected the new party president. This party, which is a continuation of the CDS, also stepped up to the Spanish general elections of 2008, but due to organizational difficulties only in Madrid and Almeria, where they scored a total of 1327 votes.
- Liberal Party
- Spanish Party