New Generations of the People's Party (, 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, reformist centre. 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, Jorge Verstrynge and

Loyola de Palacio Ignacia de Loyola de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi (16 September 1950 – 13 December 2006) was a Spanish politician. She was among the first women to rise to political prominence in Spain during the early years of reconstituted democracy. She ...

. 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

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, she was named Honorary Founder President. On 13 July 1997

Miguel Ángel Blanco Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido (13 May 1968 – 13 July 1997) was a Spanish economist and municipal politician and a member of the People's Party, in Ermua, the Basque Country. He was kidnapped and murdered by the Basque separatist group ETA. ...

, 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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