European People's Party
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The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian democratic,[4] liberal-conservative,[4] and conservative[5][6] member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Christian-democratic parties in 1976, it has since broadened its membership to include liberal-conservative parties and parties with other centre-right political perspectives.[6][7][8][9][10] On 31 May 2022, the party elected as its President Manfred Weber, who was also EPP's Spitzenkandidat in 2019.
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European People's Party | |
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Abbreviation | EPP |
President | Manfred Weber (DE) |
Secretary-General | Thanasis Bakolas (GR) |
Founded | 8 July 1976; 48 years ago (1976-07-08) |
Headquarters | Rue du Commerce—Handelsstraat (Q69872011) 10, 1000 Brussels, European Quarter, Belgium |
Think tank | Wilfried Martens Centre |
Student wing | European Democrat Students |
Youth wing | Youth of the European People's Party |
Women's wing | Women of the European People's Party |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right |
European Parliament group | European People's Party Group |
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European Parliament | 169 / 705 |
European Council | 11 / 27 |
European Commission | 11 / 27 |
European Lower Houses | 1,687 / 6,312 |
European Upper Houses | 463 / 1,498 |
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The EPP has been the largest party in the European Parliament since 1999 and in the European Council since 2002. It is also the largest party in the current European Commission. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola are from the EPP. Many of the founding fathers of the European Union were also from parties that later formed the EPP.
The EPP includes major centre-right parties such as the CDU/CSU of Germany, The Republicans of France, CD&V of Belgium, PNL of Romania, Fine Gael of Ireland, National Coalition Party of Finland, New Democracy of Greece, Forza Italia of Italy, the People's Party (PP) of Spain, the Civic Platform of Poland, the Social Democratic Party of Portugal and the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria.