The Republican Federation (, UR) was a Spanish republican party during the Spanish Restoration period, founded in 1917 by Bernardo Giner de los RÃÂos, Alejandro Lerroux (Radical Republican Party), Roberto Castrovido, Manuel Marraco Ramón and Marcelino Domingo (Catalan Republican Party). It aimed for agrarian reform and tackling the issues of labour, hunger, education, the tax system, the army, international politics, and the autonomous regions, with it being in favor of granting autonomy to Catalonia.