Youth of the European People‘s Party (YEPP)

YEPP led by President Laurent Schouteten is EPP‘s official youth organisation, self-governed by its own statutes, political program and elected representatives. YEPP’s members are national party-political youth organisations. The purpose of all 51 member organizations as well as for YEPP is to provide young people a channel in order to influence the shaping of their societies with democratic means and centre-right, Christian democratic and conservative ideas. Through its member organisations YEPP brings together between 1 and 2 million young people in 38 countries of Europe. This makes YEPP the largest party-political youth organisation in Europe.

European Democrat Students (EDS)

EDS is the official students’ organisation of the EPP. Since it was founded in 1961, EDS brings together students and young political leaders from all over Europe to promote a political pro-European exchange. Although being a students’ organisation, and therefore taking a special interest in topics like the Bologna Process, the organisation is especially aware of the importance of promoting values like Freedom, Democracy and the Human Rights. Led by its Chairman Bence Bauer, the structure has 40 member organisations, representing nearly 500.000 students across the continent. Currently, EDS is represented in 31 countries, including non-EU member states like Belarus and Georgia.

EDS is not a centralised organisation, it is an “organisation of organisations”, a networking structure whose general aim is to bundle the power of the various members in order to give young people and students a strong voice. Every year the organisation hosts Summer and a Winter universities and several seminars, publishes a bi-annual magazine “Bullseye” and campaigns, through various forms, for the interests of young people.

European Senior Citizen’s Union (ESCU)

Founded in Madrid in 1995 and led by its President Bernhard Worms, ESCU is the largest political senior citizens’ organisation in Europe. The ESCU is represented in 26 states with 45 organisations and about 500.000 members. The ESCU is dedicated to the advancement of rights of European senior citizens and their engagement in society. The aims of the ESCU are the promotion of the role of the elderly in ageing European societies, the fight against the discrimination of the elderly, the European pension systems, seniors and volunteering, intergenerational relationship & participation.

Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Union (SME UNION)

  The SME UNION of the EPP is the network of pro-business Christian-Democrat, Conservative and Liberal politicians and political organisations. Its main objective is to shape EU policy in a more SME friendly way in close cooperation with the SME Circle of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, DG Enterprise and the SME UNION members within the EPP member parties. The importance of the work of the SME UNION can be seen in the fact that SMEs are considered as the key driver for sustainable jobs, growth and prosperity. Its top priority is to reform the legal framework for SMEs all over Europe and to promote and support the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises which - due to their willingness to take risks and responsibility - are the engine of the European economy. In 2009 Peter Jungen was re-elected President of the SME Union.

European Union of Christian Democratic Workers (EUCDW)

The EUCDW is the workers’ organisation of the EPP with 24 member organisations from 18 different countries. As the officially recognised EPP association of workers, the EUCDW is led by its President Elmar Brok, MEP, and has the following aims: to press for the political unification of a democratic Europe; to promote the development of the EPP on the basis of Christian-social teaching; to represent and defend worker interests in European Policy; to work for the achievement of Christian-social principles and policies in the European workers’ movements; to step up co-operation with the workers and their representatives to realise step by step the European Social Model. Therefore, in the last years, the EUCDW has spent a lot of effort in influencing employment policy and defending an undivided Europe of social justice.

Women of the European People‘s Party (EPP Women)

EPP Women is recognised by the EPP as the official association of women from all like-minded political parties of Europe. EPP Women have over 40 member organisations from countries of the European Union and beyond. All member organisations are women’s organizations from political parties which are members of the EPP. EPP Women, led by its President Doris Pack, MEP, is dedicated to the advancement of women‘s political participation throughout Europe and to the promotion of important women-related issues.