What is European People’s Party?
The '''European People's Party''' ('''EPP''') is a European [[political party]]. It is made up of [[Christian-democratic]], [[Conservatism|conservative]], and [[Liberal conservatism|liberal-conservative]] parties from European countries.. It was started by Christian-democratic parties in 1976. Since then it now has parties with other centre-right political perspectives. On 31 May 2022, the party elected as its President [[Manfred Weber]], who was their candidate for [[President of the European Commission]] in 2019. It has been the largest party in the [[European Parliament]] since 1999 and in the [[European Council]] since 2002. It is also the largest party in the current [[European Commission]]. [[Ursula von der Leyen]] and [[Roberta Metsola]] are members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Parties and Elections in Europe|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/eu.html|access-date=2023-08-14|website=www.parties-and-elections.eu}}</ref> For the [[2024 European Parliament election]] Weber is talking about [[stability]] and [[security]] for Europe. He says jobs, [[defence]], [[migration]] and the “fight against criminals” are the most important things.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hancock|first=Alice|last2=Bounds|first2=Andy|last3=Fleming|first3=Sam|date=2023-08-14|title=Europe’s largest political party veers right ahead of 2024 election|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ef22522b-95fe-4834-bb02-162a279a7214|access-date=2023-08-14}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Political parties in Europe]]