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National Front Frente Nacional | |
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| Leader | Blas Piñar |
| Founded | 1986 (1986) |
| Dissolved | 1993 (1993) |
| Preceded by | Fuerza nueva |
| Youth wing | Juventudes del Frente Nacional |
| Ideology | Francoism Spanish nationalism National Catholicism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Slogan | Ten coraje Hay un camino a la Derecha |
TheNational Front (Spanish:Frente Nacional) was afar-rightpolitical party inSpain. The National Front was founded and directed byBlas Piñar as a successor to theFuerza Nueva. It was created in 1986 with the economic support of other groups of the European far right such as theFrenchFront National and theItalian Social Movement with the objective of increasing their sphere of influence in theEuropean Parliament. In 1987 the National Front did not obtain the 70,000 votes (0.63%) required for representation. A drawn-out debacle ensued that intensified because of the 59,964 votes it obtained at the following elections. Many of the party members, moved by their contempt for the gerontocracy at the head of the party, joined with theJuntas Españolas, theUnión Patriótica, and theCírculo Español de Amigos de Europa (CEDADE), aneo-Nazi group. In order to slow the decline of its membership, the National Front created the "Youth of the National Front" (Juventudes del Frente Nacional), a section headed byLuis José Cillero. With Cillero, who many called the "young ancient", the loss of membership to Juntas Españolas slowed.
In 1992, the European allies of Piñar, withJean-Marie Le Pen at the lead, threatened to cut their support if he continued to fail. Piñar thought of passing his authority to his right-hand man,Miguel Bernard Remón, founder ofManos Limpias, but he was able to continue to serve as leader after contacting the Juntas Españolas and proposing a new, joint venture.