The party also considers itself National Catholic and a follower of the ideas of José Antonio Primo de Rivera.

MCE was founded in 1981 as a splinter group from Fuerza Nueva, led by José Luis Corral.

In the Spanish general elections of 1982 the party received 996 votes, less than 1% of the total.

In the following years the MCE organized masses, tributes to the Blue Division veterans and to the "fallen for Spain", as well as numerous rallies against abortion.

[4] As of June 2016, the party is a member of the far-right coalition La España en Marcha.