Carlist Party

The Carlist Party (Spanish: Partido carlista, PC) is a Spanish political party that considers itself as a successor to the historical tradition of Carlism. The party was founded in 1969, although it remained illegal until 1977, following the death of the dictator Franco and the democratisation of Spain.

The general secretary of the party, since the year 2000, has been Evaristo Olcina. Its official publication is El Federal (since 1999, had been before IM). It has a political line of the alternative left, workers' self-management and federalism. It annually organises the acts of Montejurra. The Carlist Party holds a federal structure with the possibility of it forming sovereign Carlist parties in the associate nationalities in the Carlist Party. The youths of the different Carlist Parties and Carlist groups group together in the Carlist Youths.

The Party is known to be the "Left-Wing" of the Carlist Movement since the movement itself primarily belonged to the Right-wing spectrum such as Conservatism. It was also known for supporting Carlos Hugo over his brother for leading the Carlist movement.

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