YEPP signs open letter to keep Schengen intact

Concerned about the future of the Schengen Area, the Youth of the EPP co-signed an open letter to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, composed by the Young European Federalists (JEF). Thirteen other European political youth organisations also joined the appeal, calling upon the European Council to adopt common European solutions to manage migration […]

Commission adopts YEPP proposals for border security

We welcome and endorse today’s proposals by the European Commission regarding the security threats that face the EU’s external borders today. Internal and external security is a non-negotiable basic right of Europeans and today, more than ever, bold action is required to ensure our borders remain protected by potential external threats, while open for those […]

7 proposals for the refugee crisis

The European Union’s greatest achievement is long-standing peace. Today, a region next to us is facing an unprecedented catastrophe from the ISIS terrorist forces and the Bashar al-Assad regime.   In dealing with these oppressors, we are faced with the politics of fear or the politics of dignity. Refugees are fleeing Syria with the hope […]