The Socialist Party leadership has condemned the attacks on Popular Party officials and offices.
The Popular Party has denied that the account is in any way linked to the party.
Bersani, the popular party veteran, trounced Renzi in the primary by almost 22 points.
Ludicrously expensive, administratively Byzantine and freighted with expectations, it nevertheless promises to be a popular party.
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Mr Howard's enemies hope that he will follow Spain's Popular Party into Iraq-induced electoral oblivion.
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The ruling conservative Popular Party, led by Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, is leading in the polls.
The ANC is still by far the most powerful and popular party, with Nelson Mandela its icon.
As the municipal election campaign heats up, anti-war protesters have heckled many Popular Party candidates at campaign appearances.
Luis Barcenas is a former senator, and was the treasurer of the Popular Party from 1990 to 2009.
But one senior Popular Party figure, Jose Antonio Monago, who is the president of the Extremadura region, expressed concern.
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The secret ballot has been a test of loyalty for members of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's Popular Party.
The president of the Basque branch of Spain's governing Popular Party, Carlos Iturgaiz, said the announcement was "very disagreeable news".
On Tuesday, the popular petition was easily backed in parliament, where the governing conservative Popular Party (PP) has a majority.
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The Popular Party has said it will take legal action against those responsible for what it says is a smear campaign.
It appears that every member of the governing Popular Party and one member of the opposition voted to defeat the motion.
With more than 97 percent of the vote counted, the Socialists had 35 percent to 34 percent for the Popular Party.
Pablo Zalba also remains an MEP in Spain's centre-right Popular Party (PP).
The Popular Party has announced an internal audit of its finances and the prime minister has said he will publish his earnings online.
That meant only nine Popular Party votes were needed to win the vote, which called for more weapons inspectors and opposed military action.
For a start, the prime minister, despite his poor showing in the polls earlier this year, is easily the most popular party leader.
The secret ballot, permitted under Spain's law, was an attempt by the opposition to draw out members of the Popular Party with anti-war sentiments.
The N-VA, by far the most popular party in Flanders, ultimately wants a separate Flemish republic and sees him as partisan to the French-speaking Walloons.
The Catalan branches of Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party -- which opposes independence -- gained one seat, for a total 19 in the new parliament.
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With Spain's housing bubble burst and the economy contracting, Mariano Rajoy's conservative Popular Party swept to power in a landslide general election win in November 2011.
However, the allegations raise ethical questions about the Popular Party's dealings during the period of Spain's building boom, when politicians granted large numbers of development contracts.
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In recent weeks, allegations of high-level corruption in Spain's ruling conservative Popular Party have added to popular anger over the way the country is being run.
Spain's public prosecutor says there are grounds to investigate alleged secret payments made to leaders of the ruling Popular Party (PP), including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The Popular Party also published a statement yesterday saying it would pass a law offering incentives to companies who hired anyone under 30 years old.
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An opinion poll released by El Pais showed support for the Popular Party dropped about 6 percentage points to 24% since the Barcenas notebooks were released.
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Leopoldo Lopez, national coordinator of the opposition Voluntad Popular party, called Rivero's detention illegal and part of a campaign to arrest and "morally assassinate" Venezuela's opposition leadership.
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