the european youth parliament was founded by bettina carr-allinson as a school project at the lycée françois-ier in fontainebleau. there the first, second and fourth international sessions of the eyp were held in 1988, 1989 and 1990 respectively. from 2001 to 2004 the eyp encountered various financial problems and did not meet. however, on november 4, 2004, it was reborn due to a mutual agreement between representatives of the eyp's board of national committees, eyp alumni and the heinz-schwarzkopf foundation. the politically impartial heinz-schwarzkopf foundation young europe was founded in 1971 in hamburg. the foundation's name was changed to the schwarzkopf foundation young europe.