As campaigners for de-centralization and separate regional establishments they were no match for Basque and Catalan nationalists .
As advocates of the royal rule they struggled against the mainstream monarchist grouping , the Alfonsists .
As campaigners for de-centralization and separate regional establishments advocates were no match for Basque and Catalan nationalists .
As advocates of the royal rule they struggled against the mainstream monarchist grouping , the Alfonsists .