My mission is Europe.
In July 1972 I was born in the district of Landshut. I went to school in rural Wildenberg about an hour’s drive from Munich. It is where I still live today with my wife. My school career led me from the elementary school in Wildenberg to technical high school and later to a physical engineering degree at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.Many of the valuable lessons in life I learned as a volunteer for the Catholic youth movement, playing in a band touring the region and participating in village life and the CSU youth organisation. My home and my youth have shaped the person I am today, I am proud of where I am from, just as I am a proud European. I chose to become a candidate for the European Parliament in 2004 because I wanted to work among Europeans. After the European elections in 2019, where I had the honour to be lead candidate for the EPP, I was re-elected EPP Group chair, after having been elected a first time in 2014. In the past ten years, I have worked closely with many EPP parties, because I believe profoundly that the EPP should be present locally to help our partners wherever our voters are.
Thanasis Bakolas
Secretary General
Thanasis Bakolas, Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic, Greece, is the EPP Secretary General since the 1st of June 2022.
Beatrice Primoli
Head of President’s office
Tom Vandenkendelaere
Head of cabinet of the President of the Party
Hamda M'Rad Dali
Coordination Officer
María Molina Hurtado
Director of Political Affairs & Stakeholder Outreach
Théophile de Muizon
Assistant to the Secretary General
Charlotte Frizberg
Events Director
Pavlína Heymans Špačková
Event Officer
Kristina Ilievska
Finance Director
Zuzana Neoveska
Finance & Administrative assistant
Aleksandra Kolodziejska
HR Manager
Constantijn De Crem
HR Officer
Thomas Delcourt
IT Manager
Patrick Voller
External Relations Director
Galina Fomenchenko
Senior Policy Adviser
Julia Lisens-Zalutskaja
Policy Adviser
Claudia Masi
Policy Adviser
Karine Milheiro
Director of Research and Strategic Analysis
Alexandra Henman
Deputy Spokesperson
Angelos Athanasopoulos
National and Regional Press Director
Emilie Aakervik
Press Assistant
Harry Zarmpalas
Communication Manager
Martin Harangozo
Assistant to the CCC
Danijel Grmek
Graphic Designer and Video Editor
Ana-Maria Zambori
Graphic Designer
Manifesto 2012
The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summary.
The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summarising who we are, what our values are, what challenges are we facing and what vision we have for the future. The Manifesto was developed in parallel to the EPP Platform document within the EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy”.
The EPP Platform is the core programme of our party outlining our main values, explaining the challenges our society is facing and presenting our vision for the future of European Union.
The Party Platform was developed in EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy” chaired by EPP President Wilfried MARTENS ?and EPP Vice President Peter HINTZE. The Working Group consists of delegates of EPP member parties who prepared and worked?on this document for more than two years and received input?from the drafting committee as well as senior and young experts. The document was adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, thus replacing the Basic Programme of Athens from 1992.
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