People's Party (Spain)

People's Party
Partido Popular
AbbreviationPP
PresidentAlberto Núñez Feijóo
Secretary-GeneralCuca Gamarra
Spokesperson in CongressMiguel Tellado
Spokesperson in SenateAlicia García
FounderManuel Fraga
Founded20 January 1989; 35 years ago (1989-01-20)
Merger of
HeadquartersHeadquarters of the People's Party,
C/ Génova, 13
28004, Madrid
Youth wingNew Generations
Membership (2018)Decrease 66,706[1][2][3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[22] to right-wing[23]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party Group
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
International Democracy Union
Colours  Sky blue
Anthem
"Himno del Partido Popular"[24]
"Anthem of the People's Party"
Congress of Deputies
137 / 350
Senate
140 / 266
European Parliament (Spanish seats)
22 / 61
Regional parliaments
465 / 1,261
Regional governments
14 / 19
Local government
23,412 / 60,941
Website
www.pp.es Edit this at Wikidata

The People's Party[25] (Spanish: Partido Popular [paɾˈtiðo popuˈlaɾ] ; known mostly by its acronym, PP [peˈpe]) is a conservative[26][14] and Christian-democratic[14][17] political party in Spain.

The People's Party was a 1989 re-foundation of People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former minister Manuel Fraga. It was founded in 1976 as alliance of post-Francoist proto-parties. The new party combined the conservative AP with several small Christian democratic and liberal parties (the party calling this fusion of views "the Reformist Centre"). In 2002, Manuel Fraga received the honorary title of "Founding Chairman". The party's youth organization is New Generations of the People's Party of Spain (NNGG).

The PP is a member of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), and in the European Parliament its 16 MEPs sit in the EPP Group. The PP is also a member of the Centrist Democrat International and the International Democracy Union. The PP was also one of the founding organizations of the Budapest-based Robert Schuman Institute for Developing Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.

On 24 May 2018, the National Court found that the PP profited from the illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme of the Gürtel case, confirming the existence of an illegal accounting and financing structure that ran in parallel with the party's official one since the party's foundation in 1989; the court ruled that the PP helped establish "a genuine and effective system of institutional corruption through the manipulation of central, autonomous and local public procurement".[27][28] This prompted a no confidence vote on Mariano Rajoy's government, which was brought down on 1 June 2018 in the first successful motion since the Spanish transition to democracy.[29] On 5 June 2018, Rajoy announced his resignation as PP leader.[30][31]

On 21 July 2018, Pablo Casado was elected as the new leader of the PP. Under his leadership, the party was claimed to take a right-wing turn, including forging local alliances with the far-right Vox party.[32] However, Casado later bet on breaking ties with Vox,[33] and caused an unprecedented leadership crisis inside PP.[34] After this there were rumors that Casado had ordered to spy on the popular president of the community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, for alleged irregularities, which collapsed popular support for PP according to opinion polls for future national elections,[35] being resolved with the resignation of Casado and the appointment of the veteran Alberto Núñez Feijóo as the new leader, which improved the electoral expectations of the party. The party won the most votes in the 2023 general election, but it failed to secure a parliamentary majority.[36][37]

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