NNGG youth wing leader resigns and calls to vote Vox

Carlo Angrisano resigns as deputy head of the PP's NNGG youth wing and urges support for Vox after failing to win a European Parliament seat. Internal unrest is accelerating.

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NNGG's number two resigns and asks for votes for Vox
Carlo Angrisano, secretary general of Nuevas Generaciones, the youth wing of Spain's conservative PP, has announced his resignation and left the party. In a video on X, he bluntly called for votes for Vox. The now former leader said he joined the PP in 2012 out of love for Spain, but that the party no longer protects what it once promised.

A tantrum over failing to become an MEP
According to internal sources, Angrisano had been disengaged from his role for months. Married to a wealthy woman from Guayaquil, he lived in Ecuador and barely carried out his duties. His frustration grew when he failed to secure an electable position on the European Parliament lists, where the PP had placed him as an adviser. The final straw: the refusal to include him in winnable positions guaranteeing a seat. The party found him a place as an adviser, but it was not enough.

The PP loses its most radical youth wing
Angrisano's departure is not an isolated case. His profile – nephew of Juan Carlos Girauta, who defected from the PP to Vox – reflects an internal current that sees Vox as the original and the PP as a lukewarm imitation. The resignation has drawn thousands of messages of support on social media, evidence of the discontent in the hardest-line wing of the party's youth. The PP has hit its ceiling and cannot offer positions for everyone, as several analyses point out. Meanwhile, the exodus towards Vox is accelerating.

Angrisano's decision leaves open whether NNGG will be able to retain its most mobilised members or whether the drain towards the radical right will continue.

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