European People's Party

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European People's Party
Europäische Volkspartei Parti populaire européen Partito Popolare Europeo Partido Popular Europeo
Image:Epp 2005logo.png
President	Wilfried Martens
Founded	1976
Headquarters	67 rue d'Arlon, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Political Ideology	christian democracy and moderate conservatism
International Affiliation	none, informal links to IDU through EDU
European Parliament Group	European People's Party - European Democrats
Colours	Blue
Website	www.epp-eu.org
See also	Politics of the EU Political parties Elections

The European People's Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976.

In the European Parliament the EPP cooperates with the European Democrats faction in the EPP-ED Group.

According to its website the EPP is "a family of the political center whose roots are deep in the history of European civilization. It unites like-minded national parties, in EU Member States and in EU applicant countries and we maintain close contact with decided probable candidate countries."

The EPP has a youth political party called the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP).

The European Democratic Students (EDS) is a group of student political parties associated with the EPP.

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Contents 1 Member Parties 2 Associate Members 3 Observers 4 External links

Member Parties

Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria

• Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) (Austrian Peoples Party)

Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium

• Centre démocrate humaniste (CDH) (Humanist democratic centre),
• Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) (Christian Democratic & Flemish),
• Christlich Soziale Partei (CSP) (Christian Social Party),
• Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) (New Flemish Alliance)

Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria

• Съюз на Демократичните Сили (Union of Democratic Forces)
• Демократическа партия (DP) (Democratic Party)
• Български Земеделски Народен Съюз - Народен Съюз (Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union - People's Union)

Image:Cyprus flag large.png Cyprus

• Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός (ΔΗ.ΣΥ.) (Democratic Rally)

Image:Flag of Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic

• Křesťanská a demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová (KDU-CSL) (Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party),
• Evropští demokraté (ED)(European Democrats),
• Sdružení nezávislých (SNK) (Union of Independent Candidates)

Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

• Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF) (Conservative People's Party)

Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia

• Isamaaliit (Pro Patria Union)

Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland

• Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) (National Coalition Party)

Image:Flag of France.svg France

• Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) (Union for a Popular Movement)

Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany

• Christlich Demokratische Union (CDU) (Christian Democratic Union),
• Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU) (Christian Social Union of Bavaria)

Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece

• Νέα Δημοκρατία (ND) (New Democracy)

Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

• Magyar Polgári Szövetség (FIDESZ) (Hungarian Civic Union),
• Magyar Demokrata Fórum (MDF) (Hungarian Democratic Forum)

Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

• Fine Gael (FG) (Family of the Irish)

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

• Forza Italia (FI) (Go on Italy),
• UDEUR-Popolari (UDEUR) (Democratic Union for Europe),
• Südtiroler Volkspartei (SVP) (South Tyrol People's Party),
• Partito dei Pensionati (PP) (Pensioners' Party),
• Unione Demo-Cristiani e Democratici di centro (UDC) (Union of Christian Democratic and Democratics of Centre)

Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia

• Tautas Partija (TP) (People's Party),
• Jaunais Laiks (JL) (New Era)

Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania

• Lietuvos Krikšcionys Demokratai (LKD) (Lithuanian Christian Democrats),
• Tėvynės sąjunga -Lietuvos konservatoriai (Lietuvos konservatoriai) (TS-LK) (Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservative Party))

Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg

• Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei (CSV)(Christian-Social People's Party)

Image:Malta flag large.png Malta

• Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) (Nationalist Party)

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

• Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) (Christian Democratic Appeal)

Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland

• Platforma Obywatelska (PO) (Civic Platform),
• Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (PSL) (Polish People's Party)

Image:Portugal flag large.png Portugal

• Centro Democrático Social/Partido Popular (CDS-PP)(Democratic Social Center/People's Party)
• Partido Social Democrata (PSD)(Social Democratic Pary)

Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia

• Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia (SDKU)(Slovak Democratic and Christian Union),
• Strana maďarskej koalície (SMK) (Party of Hungarian Coalition),
• Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) (Christian Democratic Movement of Slovakia)

Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia

• Slovenska demokratska stranka (SDS) (Slovenian Democratic Party),
• Nova Slovenija (NSi) (New Slovenia)

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain

• Partido Popular (PP) (Popular Party)

Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

• Moderaterna (M) (The Moderate Party),
• Kristdemokraterna (KD) (Christian Democrats)

Associate Members

Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria

• Демократическа партия (DP) (Democratic Party),
• Съюз на демократичните сили (UDF) (Union of the Democratic Forces)
• BNZS - Naroden Sajuz, (BANU)(People's Union)

Image:Croatia flag large.png Croatia

• Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica (HDZ) (Croatian Democratic Union)

Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania

• Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD)
• Democratic Party (PD)
• Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR)

Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland

• Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (CVP) (Christian Democratic People's Party)
• Evangelische Volkspartei (EVP) (Evangelical People's Party)

Observers

Image:San marino flag large.png San Marino

• Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese

Image:Ukraine flag large.png Ukraine

• Наша Україна (Our Ukraine)

Image:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.png Serbia and Montenegro

• Demokratska stranka Srbije (DSS) (Democratic Party of Serbia)
• DemoHriscanska Stranka Srbije (DHSS) (Democratic Christian Party of Serbia)
• G17 Plus

Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

• Adalet ve Kalkİnma Partisi (AKP) (Justice and Development Party)

External links

• European People's Party official site
• YEPP website
• EDS website

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European Democrats (informal bloc) | Nordic Green Left Alliance (unrecognized)
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EPP-ED | PES | ALDE | Greens-EFA | EUL-NGL | IND/DEM | UEN | Non-Inscrits