Acción Española

Acción Española
FormationOctober 1931/5 February 1932
TypeMonarchism
Integral nationalism
Social Catholicism
Purposecultural and political organisation
Location
Key people
Ramiro de Maeztu (President)
Eugenio Vegas (Secretary)
José María Pemán (President)
  1. The journal was founded in December 1931.

Acción Española (Spanish pronunciation: [aɣˈθjon espaˈɲola], Spanish Action) or AE was a Spanish cultural association active during the Second Spanish Republic, meeting point of the ultraconservative and far right intellectual figures that endorsed the restoration of the Monarchy. It was also a political magazine of the same name. The group was heavily influenced by Action Française both in its name and its ideology. Constituted in October 1931, the cultural association was inaugurated on 5 February 1932, following the founding of the journal on 15 December 1931.