A strong political alliance across the Atlantic
Fifty young European and American centre-right leaders met in Washington on November 14th for the Transatlantic Youth Summit to set the solid grounds for a strong transatlantic centre-right coalition. The summit was hosted by the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP) and the International Republican Institute (IRI). YEPP started the program with meetings […]
YEPP on the board of the European Youth Forum
Team YEPP has made it to the board of the European Youth Forum (YFJ), for the second time in a row. Tinkara Oblak, International Secretary of SDM Slovenia, was elected today Saturday November 22nd, and takes over from outgoing YEPP delegate Vasia Alexandri of ONNED, Greece. We congratulate the entire new board and […]
YEPP hosts first Transatlantic Youth Summit in Washington, DC
Fifty young European and American centre-right leaders are meeting in Washington on November 14th for the Transatlantic Youth Summit. Following the mid-term elections and the new Republican majority in the Senate, the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP), Europe’s largest political youth organization, puts its focus into building a transatlantic centre-right coalition to deal […]
New Commission: Europe’s last chance to inspire
I don’t want to repeat the countless statements about welcoming the new European Commission. The truth is that we are talking about a team of younger, high-level and experienced politicians who said they’re ready to invest in people, create jobs and cut bureaucracy. From the selection of common candidates to the hearings and today’s voting, […]
BULGARIAN ELECTION: Welcome Back to Europe
“With a sweeping 32,66% of the vote in Bulgaria’s early parliamentary election, on October 5, Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party under the leadership of Boiko Borisov proved once again that it is the political party with consistently strongest support among Bulgarian voters”, the president of the centre-right EPP youth (YEPP) Konstantinos Kyranakis said in a statement […]
YouthEPP on ISIS: hit them hard
We can no longer sit and watch the jihadist terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continue its atrocities on the human race in Iraq and Syria. While the world is waiting, ISIS is consolidating power, while collecting billions of dollars of oil revenue and using them to launch terror […]
Clear mandate to VIENOTĪBA: lead Latvia!
“The Latvian people have spoken and they have given a clear mandate to VIENOTĪBA and Laimdota Straujuma to form a new government and lead the country for the next 4 years” said Konstantinos Kyranakis, president of the Youth of the European People’s Party, following the official announcement of the results of the 4th October parliamentary […]
Freedom for Belarus
YEPP stands united for freedom for the last dictatorship of Europe – Belarus. Our delegates during summer school in Lithuania showed their support for the supporters of democracy during a manifestation. Dictator Aliaksandr Lukasjenko got his office on July 20th 1994. Last Sunday it was exactly 20 years ago. He has remained in power […]
Statement on the airliner attack in Eastern Ukraine
We are faced with one of the biggest attacks in Europe’s recent history. Killing innocent civillians is not only a deeply immoral act, it is also a strong violation of the Geneva Convention by dragging innocent civilians into a conflict. European leaders and the international community today rightfully condemn this act of outrageous violence in […]
Historic signing of the AA with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
We welcome today the historic occasion of the signing of the Association Agreement (AA) and DCFTA between the European Union and Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. After numerous barriers and difficulties which all three countries have faced, and have overcome to reach this point, we look forward to a new shared future. It is the citizens […]
