The EPP Group has been the largest political group in the European Parliament since July 1999. 265 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected from the lists of EPP member-parties, comprise the EPP Group which represents some 36% of the total seats. The Group strives to resist the political priorities of the left in Europe and to advance the goal of a more competitive and democratic Europe, closer to its citizens. The Group is led since January 2007 by French politician Joseph DAUL.
Originally founded in June 1953 as the Christian Democrat Group in the embryonic Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (comprised of nominated members of national parliaments), the Group has been centrally involved at every stage in the history of the European Union, from its earliest beginnings to date.
As the largest political group in a Parliament, the EPP Group is in a stronger position than any other to set that body‘s political agenda and to win its most critical votes. In seeking to maximise its influence, the EPP Group has been able to draw on the fact that the European Parliament has become increasingly influential within the European Union.
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