EPP
Summit
The most important event for the EPP is our EPP Summit, which prior to the European Council gathers all EPP heads of State and government and other major leaders of the party (one per country).
Functions
- The European Council is the highest body in the European Union in charge of defining the “general political directions and priorities” in the EU. It is composed of the heads of State and government of each Member State and it’s chaired by a President of the European Council.
- The EPP Summit allows leaders from our political family to discuss and prepare an agenda, and reach common positions, prior to meetings of the European Council;
- It allows them as well to discuss the political situations of EU and non-EU countries from the standpoint of the centre-right political family.
Composition
- The Head of State and Government belonging to an EPP member party;
- The highest-ranking member of the government belonging to an EPP member party (for example, a Deputy Prime Minister);
- The leader of the largest opposition party belonging to the EPP;
- The EPP Summit is also attended by the whole EPP Presidency and by the Presidents of the European Parliament, European Commission and European Council, as well as the High Representative for Foreign Affairs provided that they belong to the EPP. The President of the EPP can also invite other personalities to the EPP Summit.
Meetings
- It normally takes a few hours before the European Council but extraordinary Summit are not uncommon;
- Traditional places for the EPP Summit to meet in Brussels are the Palais des Académies in the Place des Palais.
Manifesto 2024
The EPP Manifesto outlines the basic principles of the Party summary.
The EPP Manifesto 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”.
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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.
