New Generations of the People's Party ( es, link=no, Nuevas Generaciones, NNGG) is the

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of the People's Party. It operates in all

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and also has structures in other countries. They share the same ideological platform of the PP: a

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ideology and

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, according to their own organisation,

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. Their main objective is to involve young people in politics through supporting the policies, principles and values of the party by developing the 48th article of the

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. It has more than 100,000 members throughout Spain, approximately 65% of young people involved in political organizations.

History

New Generations was created as ''New Generations of the Alianza Popular'' in 1978, supported by the former Alianza Popular, Secretaries,

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and

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. Its first assembly took place on 17 and 18 April that year and Loyola was elected as the first Chairwoman. Later, in September 2006 during the 12th National Congress in Toledo, she was named Honorary Founder President. On 13 July 1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido, a member of New Generations and town councillor of

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( Vizcaya), was assassinated by

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.''"García Gaztelu" and "Amaia" are condemned to fifty years by the murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco''
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(30 June 2006)

References

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