Otro modelo de transición: el centrismo de Madariaga como lugar de convergencia de la oposición al franquismo (1944-1948)

Abstract

With the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II, the fall of Franco’s regime seemed imminent. The opponents of the regime, still divided after the Spanish Civil War, began to project different alternatives to Franco’s regime. One of them was proposed by Salvador de Madariaga, who strived to find elements of convergence between the socialists of the faction of Indalecio Prieto and the monarchists of Gil Robles. This «centrist» alternative sought to guarantee a stable transition without revolutionary violence, unifying the action of the opponents of Francoism. In these early negotiations, the limits of anti-Francoism in the search for democracy seemed clear, while at the same time the foundations for a dialogue between the various political cultures in exile are established through the paradigm of Europeanism.