In 1868, the left-wing and
federalist republican wing of the
Democrats established the Democratic Federal Republican to achieve a
secular and democratic
federal republic in Spain. The PRDF was the ruling party during the
First Spanish Republic (1873–1874), but it failed in its goal of consolidating a republican form of government and in establishing federalism. After the fall of the First Republic, it became a minority party, although retaining some influence in the republican movement during the
Restoration. == See also ==