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 […]
We pay tribute to outgoing PM Jyrki Katainen for his leadership of Finland
We pay tribute today to our former Vice President, Jyrki Katainen, for his numerous successes and achievements throughout his time as Prime Minister of Finland. During his tenure he had the foresight to pursue innovation and investment-friendly policies ahead of many other countries, resulting in an economy which is poised to grow over the coming […]
YEPP expresses solidarity with the victims of floods in the Balkans
We send our condolences to the people of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the recent flooding tragedy and express our admiration to the courageous work of the local authorities in their efforts to protect the lives and property of the citizens affected. Konstantinos Kyranakis, President of YEPP, said “The loss of human life […]
YEPP election road trip kicks off
The Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP) today began an 11 day road trip in support of Jean Claude Juncker for President of the European Commission. Over the next week and a half, five teams of young Europeans will visit 25 countries and partake in 60 events. During the road trip, the teams will […]
YEPP is elected to the board of the European Youth Forum
YEPP representative to the European Youth Forum (YFJ), Vasia Alexandri, has been elected to the board of the organisation with a majority vote at the statutory meeting in Brussels on Saturday, the 26th of April. Vasia, a board member of ONNED, has been involved in European youth representation for a number of years now […]
Recovery: Others promise, centre-right delivers
Statement by the YEPP board: It is not so long ago that world-class economists were talking about the break-up of the euro, that the voices of populism were discrediting the reforms, that the citizens’ trust in the Union was hitting an all-time low. During these years of struggle, YEPP was the only youth organisation in […]
Goodbye roaming fees, thanks to EPP Group
YouthEPP applauds the hard and successful work of the EPP Group and especially the work by rapporteur MEP Pilar del Castillo for gaining European Parliament’s support for ending roaming fees by December 2015. Ending of roaming fees will make the lives of many millions of citizens better. This decision will have a positive influence on […]
Our challenge is to be Better Europeans
Excerpts from a speech given by Secretary General Colm Lauder to a gathering by young politicians from across Europe hosted by Young Fine Gael, on the eve of the 2014 EPP Congress in Dublin. 5th March 2014 Today we are only a day away from when we, the EPP family, will select the captain of […]
Tasos Mitsopoulos – An honorable Cypriot, a true European
We would like to express our sincere condolences for the tragic loss of Tasos Mitsopoulos, the Cypriot Minister of Defense. Tasos Mitsopoulos was an active member of NEDISY since his teenage years and throughout the period of his youth. While studying Law in Athens, he also served in the board of ONNED, Greece, and was […]
NATO and EU must act now on Ukraine
With regard to the military aggression against Ukraine, YouthEPP states that there is only one aggressor: Russia. Therefore, we, the national leaders of all YouthEPP organisations, – Strongly condemn the illegal intrusion of the Ukrainian territory by Russian troops and call for an immediate withdrawal of the Russian troops out of the country; […]
