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The Presidency the EPP Group Structure Follow us The EPP Group Structure The Presidency April 2018 Founded as the Christian - Democratic Group on 23 June 1953 as a faction THE BUREAU in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, The Bureau, the Group's political organ, shall consist of: the Group changed its name to the 'Group of the European People's Party' (Christian-Democratic Group) in July 1979, just after the first direct > the Members of the Presidency elections to the European Parliament, and to the 'Group of the European > the Heads of National Delegations and an additional Member People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats' in July for every ten Members 1999. After the European elections in 2009, the Group went back to its roots > the Members of the Presidency of the Parliament belonging to the Group > the Chairmen of Standing Committees belonging to the Group as the 'Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)'. > the Coordinator within each of the Standing Committees It has always played a leading role in the construction of Europe. > the Chairman and the Secretary General of the European The Chairman of the EPP Group is Manfred Weber MEP. He chairs People's Party, if they are Members of the European Parliament its governing bodies and speaks for the Group in keynote debates (If the Chairman and the Secretary General of the European People's during the Plenary Sessions at the European Parliament. He is Party are not Members of the European Parliament, they are permanently supported by Coordinators on each of the Parliament's committees invited ad personam to the meetings of the Bureau.) and by Heads of the National Delegations represented in the Group. The operational needs of the Group are serviced by a Group THE FOUR WORKING GROUPS Manfred Weber Esther de Lange Secretariat, providing policy and organisational support. The Group The EPP Group's political strategy is formulated in the framework of Chairman Vice-Chair runs its own think-tank - the European Ideas Network - which four Working Groups which coordinate its Members' Parliamentary Relations with National Parliaments brings together opinion-formers from the worlds of politics, business, work in the 22 committees or subcommittees. and National Parties academia and civic society across Europe, to discuss the major policy issues facing the European Union. Their conclusions are made known to the Group, which then decides Published by: what position to adopt in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. EPP Group in the European Parliament DESCRIPTION Below, in detail, are the areas of responsibility of the Working Groups Press and Communications Directorate and of their respective Chair: Lara Comi Marian Jean Marinescu With 219 Members the EPP Group is the largest political Group Publications Unit Vice-Chair Vice-Chair in the European Parliament (EP). Its membership is made up of: Sandra Kalniete Relations with the Americas, Working Group 34 Members from Germany Working Group "Foreign Affairs" China, EPP Youth Strategy 'Budget and Structural Policies' Editor: Pedro López de Pablo > Committee on Foreign Affairs 22 Members from Poland Responsible: Pete Pakarinen > Subcommittee on Human Rights 20 Members from France Coordinator: Pascaline Raffegeau (Revision: Mark Dunne) > Subcommittee on Security and Defence 17 Members from Spain > Committee on Development 15 Members from Italy > Committee on International Trade Esteban González Pons Paulo Rangel Address: 13 Members from Romania Vice-Chair Vice-Chair European Parliament 12 Members from Hungary Marian Jean Marinescu Working Group EIN / Future of Europe / Treasurer 60 Rue Wiertz 8 Members from Portugal Working Group "Budget and Structural Policies" 'Legal and Home Affairs', Brexit > Committee on Budgets B-1047 Brussels 7 Members from Bulgaria > Committee on Budgetary Control 7 Members from Czech Republic > Committee on Regional Development Internet: www.eppgroup.eu 6 Members from Slovakia > Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Françoise Grossetête Tadeusz Zwiefka E-mail: [email protected] 5 Members from Greece > Committee on Fisheries © EPP Group in the European Parliament 5 Members from Austria Vice-Chair Vice-Chair 5 Members from Croatia Françoise Grossetête Working Group Communication Strategy 5 Members from The Netherlands Working Group "Economy and Environment" 'Economy and Environment' > Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 5 Members from Slovenia > Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 4 Members from Belgium > Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 4 Members from Ireland > Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Sandra Kalniete Jószef Szájer 4 Members from Latvia > Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 4 Members from Sweden > Committee on Transport and Tourism Vice-Chair Vice-Chair 3 Members from Luxembourg Working Group 'Foreign Affairs', Parliamentary Work Eastern Neighbourhood 3 Members from Malta Esteban González Pons Working Group "Legal and Home Affairs" 3 Members from Finland > Committee on Legal Affairs 3 Members from Lithuania > Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2 Members from United Kingdom > Committee on Constitutional Affairs Andrey Kovatchev 1 Member from Cyprus > Committee on Culture and Education 1 Member from Denmark Vice-Chair > Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Enlargement and Mediterranean Policy 1 Member from Estonia > Committee on Petitions EPP Group: How we work The major political force As the largest political Group in the European Parliament, the EPP in the European Parliament Group is in a strong position to set that body's political agenda and to win its most critical votes. This strength is reflected in the fact that, since 1999, the EPP Group has been on the winning side of more votes than any other group in the European Parliament's monthly plenary sessions. On 17 January 2017, the EPP Group assumed the Presidency of the 189 European Parliament. Antonio Tajani’s election as President demonstrates that the EPP 71 Group is the stable anchor of the European Parliament and the force Salon de l’Horloge, with whom partnerships can be built. Palais du Quai d’Orsay, Paris 219 09.05.1950 Strength of numbers also ensures that EPP Group Members hold a Alcide De Gasperi 68 range of key positions within the EP, including its Presidency, and and Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer a number of Vice-Presidencies, Standing Committees Chairs and Jean Monnet Winston Churchill 21 52 Quaestorships. Within the parliamentary committees, EPP Group and Robert Schuman and Robert Schuman 36 44 51 Members are best placed to secure the right to author the EP's position on key pieces of draft legislation and other major reports: the Group gets more of these "rapporteurships" on more important subjects, than any other Group. Our political position The task of the European Parliament, which is elected every five years by direct universal suffrage, lies in exercising democratic The Group of the European People’s Party (Christian-Democrats) The European Parliament, which since the Treaty of control over the decision-making process in the European Union brings together the political parties of centre-right in almost Maastricht (1993) has shared the power of codecision with EPP: Group of the European People's Party on behalf of Europe's citizens. all Member States of the European Union. the Council of Ministers in many areas of legislation, has seen (Christian Democrats) Composition: there are 751 Members of the European Parliament, Since its creation in June 1953, it has played a key role in all stages the range and scope of the legislative process expand with each successive Treaty (Amsterdam in 1999 and Nice in 2003). S&D: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists representing more than 500 million Europeans. of European integration from the outset to the present day. Currently, it is an equal partner in the legislative process for and Democrats in the European Parliament A very large number of the parties which are represented more than two thirds of the policy issues with which the in the EPP Group also belong to the European People’s European Union deals. ECR: European Conservatives and Reformists Group Party, the first cross-border political party to be constituted at European level. With the Treaty of Lisbon, of which our Group was the ALDE: Group of the Alliance of Liberals main architect, the European Parliament has the power of and Democrats for Europe All of them are dedicated to the objective of achieving a more codecision in all areas of European political life. EPP GROUP competitive and more democratic Europe in a Social Market GUE/NGL: Confederal Group of the European United Economy, a Europe that is closer to its citizens. The Group of the European People’s Party is the most IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Left/Nordic Green Left significant political force in the European Union, As the largest and most influential Group in the European which is the direct descendant of the founding fathers of GREENS/EFA: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Parliament, the EPP Group exerts a major influence over the Europe, Robert Schuman, Konrad Adenauer and Alcide Parliament’s political programme. De Gasperi. EFDD: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group The EPP Group has made the most of the growing political role which the European Parliament has come to play in the ENF: Europe of Nations and Freedom Group European Union. NI: Non-attached EN MEPs from the following national political parties belong to the EPP Group (Protocol order): BELGIUM BULGARIA > Christen-Democratisch > Граждани за европейско развитие & Vlaams (CD&V) на България (ГЕРБ) > Centre Démocrate Humaniste (cdH) > Демократи за силна България (ДСБ) > Christlich Soziale Partei (CSP) THE EPP GROUP IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: OUR IDENTITY > We are the largest political family in Europe, driven by a centre-right political vision. CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK > We are the Group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament.
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