Step down Mr. Blatter
Football has offered collective joy many a time. The latest in a series of incidents of graft at the sport’s top body casts a shadow upon the beauty of the game and the very ideals that stand at the heart of sport. Especially for the young around the globe, football has always been more than […]
New board elected in Porto
We announce the election of our new board, voted by over 250 delegates at our bi-annual congress held in Porto and Maia on the 16th May. Konstantinos Kyranakis of ONNED,Greece, is the first president to be re-elected for the second time in the history of the organisation. A challenging mandate lies ahead, as the […]
A stronger Europe in a changing world
We are proud to be holding our annual Congress in Porto & Maia, Portugal from the 14th to the 16th of May, with an attendance of over 250 young leaders from 40 countries. Among them are elected members of national and the European parliaments. “A Stronger Europe in a Changing World” focuses on how […]
Our SME proposals voted in the European Parliament
Today would be another day with another draft report being debated and amended at the European Parliament, only for some of us it was much more than that. Through the voice of EPP Group MEP Maria Spyraki (ND, Greece) YEPP put forward proposals from our “Backing Small Business” white paper, adopted at the Council of […]
Vienotiba Jaunatnes Spring Academy
At the 2015 Spring Academy, youth from centre-right political organisations in the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Partnership countries met in Riga, Latvia to discuss energy policy, security. and the Eastern Partnership. Energy security has had a long-standing, problematic legacy in Eastern Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but with the international […]
Connecting the Dots of the Single Market
More than 90 young politicians from 31 countries met in Zagreb, Croatia from the 5th to the 7th March for the first YEPP council of 2015, hosted by Mladež HDZ and its president, Josip Bilaver. The Council voted for the “Connecting the Dots of the Single Market” white paper and pledged to support policies […]
Completing the Energy Union: efficiency, growth, solidarity
The Youth of the European People’s Party welcomes the proposal of the European Commission for creating the Energy Union, another commitment of the Juncker political programme that is realised. The proposal is headed in the right direction as it will result to diversification of energy sources, along with the suppliers providing them, in order […]
Murder of Boris Nemtsov
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Boris Nemtsov, leading Russian opposition politician, who was shot dead in Moscow. We pay our respect today to Nemtsov’s legacy, a vision of a more democratic and open Russia, at peace with itself and the outside world. A vision we have endorsed, when protesting in support […]
A Single Capital Market: from YEPP’s drawing board to the Commission
We welcome the new Commission’s dedication to creating a Single Capital Market, breaking down the barriers that prevent cross-border investment and seamless access to finance throughout the 28 member states. Without a Capital Market Union, our businesses rely almost entirely on banking institutions for their funding and loans, missing out on a huge amount of […]
YEPP calls on Russia to stop financing terrorists
We strongly condemn the violation of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by Russian forces and pro-Russian terrorist groups. We call on Russia to immediately fulfil their promise of a ceasefire and release Nadiya Savchenko, along with the rest of prisoners of war. Despite guarantees otherwise, pro-Russian separatists are trying to derail the withdrawal of heavy […]
