Spain, the PP turns to the right: Pablo Casado is the new president
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The extraordinary congress of the conservatives elects the successor of Mariano Rajoy. The former Deputy Prime Minister defeated Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria


He is Pablo Casado 37 years old, the new leader of the Spanish right: he has was elected to the presidency of the People's Party with about 60 percent of the votes of the three thousand delegates to the extraordinary congress met to designate the successor of Mariano Rajoy who dropped politics after being kicked out of the leadership of the government with the vote of no confidence that led to the Moncloa the Socialist Pedro Sánchez. Casado, who in recent years played the role of deputy secretary and spokesman of the PP, defeated Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria who had been Deputy Prime Minister Rajoy for seven years. The choice of Casado, close to the old guard of José Maria Aznar represents a clear turn to the right of Spanish conservative education.