EPP Political Assembly meets in Brussels, 24-25 June
25. June 2024
Members of the European People’s Party (EPP) gathered in Brussels on 24-25 June. Chaired by EPP President Manfred Weber and EPP Secretary General Thanasis Bakolas, delegates exchanged views on the outcome of the 2024 European Parliament elections, at both European and national levels.
Special interventions were made by the President of the European Commission and EPP Lead Candidate, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
President von der Leyen spoke of the challenges the EU faces, highlighting the need to focus on security, prosperity and protection of the rule of law. President Metsola spoke of how these elections show that voters continue to look to the EPP for solutions.
In a secret ballot, delegates elected François-Xavier Bellamy (Les Républicains/FR) as EPP Treasurer.
Following a decision of the EPP Presidency, the next EPP Statutory Congress will be co-hosted by Partido Popular in Valencia, Spain in 2025.
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Alexandra Henman
Deputy Spokesperson
+32 471 90 76 84
alh@epp.eu
Angelos Athanasopoulos
National and Regional Press Director
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Manifesto 2012
The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summary.
The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summarising who we are, what our values are, what challenges are we facing and what vision we have for the future. The Manifesto was developed in parallel to the EPP Platform document within the EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy”.
Platform
The EPP Platform is the core programme of our party outlining our main values, explaining the challenges our society is facing and presenting our vision for the future of European Union.
The EPP Platform is the core programme of our party outlining our main values, explaining the challenges our society is facing and presenting our vision for the future of European Union.
The Party Platform was developed in EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy” chaired by EPP President Wilfried MARTENS ?and EPP Vice President Peter HINTZE. The Working Group consists of delegates of EPP member parties who prepared and worked?on this document for more than two years and received input?from the drafting committee as well as senior and young experts. The document was adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, thus replacing the Basic Programme of Athens from 1992.
