The years of first times – Farewell speech of Csaba Dömötör
“We cannot be the next generation if we take it for granted. No great generation was born without fighting hard for it. But I am optimistic. I believe you can be the next great generation, because YEPP is now much more than a group of talented individuals, it is now a great community of committed […]
YEPP at Mlada Slovenija (MSi) Congress 2013
A sizeable number of delagates from the wider YEPP family attended the 2013 Congress of Mlada Slovenija as invited guests. The event was held in the beautiful Alpine town of Bled. I had the honour to represent YEPP at this event and was pleased to get the opportunity to address our Slovenian colleagues on Saturday, […]
YEPP at the European Economic & Social Committee (EESC)
JESC Project for Active Citizenship EESC: January 31, 2013 Brussels This morning, I had the pleasure of addressing a gathering of the European Economic & Social Committee and the Jesuit European Social Centre at the EESC Building in Brussels. The topic of the conference was “Active Citizenship” and was held to present the breakthrough JESC […]
Dear Santa, please bring change to Greece.
Last week was a good week for Greece. Here is what happened: – Credit rating agencies upgraded the economy by 6 degrees, after a record of consecutive downgrades for 2 years now. – The European Central Bank is buying again state bonds from Greece. – A Greek billionaire, blamed for tax fraud of 701 million […]
YEPP at Princeton EU-US Transatlantic Conference
YEPP sent 15 delegates to participate in a transatlantic youth conference at Princeton University, New Jersey from December 6th to 9th 2012. It sought to expose academics to politicians and encourage the exchange of ideas among future global leaders. YEPP participants took part in all nine workings groups each of which produced a report or […]
Cyber Police needed! Transatlantic Youth Conference at Princeton University
At the European Youth Parliament at the Princeton University the participants of the working group EU-US Security: Assessment and Relations worked on a the topic of cyper security and its challanges in the 21st century and beyond. The WG prepared a policy proposal. The group consisted of people from the US, Germay, Italy, Sweden and […]
No Support for Terrorists – Ban Hezbollah EU-wide!
Relating to the latent threat to freedom in the Middle East by radical Islamic terrorist organi-zations, Junge Union’s federal chairman Phillip Mißfelder MP states the following: “The security of the state of Israel and its citizens are subject to a permanent threat from radical Islamic groups, who have openly called for the destruction of the […]
Roots and wings: My speech at the EPP Congress 2012
Dear Mr. President, Dear Friends, In the past two years, EPP encouraged us to put forward new ideas. This was an opportunity YEPP could not let pass. So instead of a regular report full of self-appraisal, allow me to raise some political aims we should write on our flag in the coming years. […]
Address to Deutschlandtag 2012
Speech by YEPP Deputy Secretary General, Colm Lauder, to Junge Union’s Deutschlandtag 2012 on Saturday 6th October 2012 in Rostock, Germany. Sehr geehrte damen und herren, Liebe freunde. Dear Friends, It is a great pleasure to address you here at Deutschlandtag in Rostock. I am delighted to get the opportunity to address you […]
YEPP meets with EPP Workers Group and Fillon in France
Last week i had the chance to represent YEPP as a guest speaker to the EPP Workers Group Seminar in Poitiers, France, the city of the famous “Futurescope”. François Fillon, former Prime Minister of France and Stephan Pfluger from the Eurogroup were also in the panel and we had the opportunity to exchange some interesting thoughts on […]
