EU heads of state and government and opposition leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament –
Donald TUSK,
Jean-Claude JUNCKER and
Antonio TAJANI – have been invited to participate in the upcoming EPP Summit, to take place in Salzburg on 19 September, in the framework of the Austrian EU Presidency spearheaded by Chancellor
Sebastian KURZ. The agenda of the EPP summit will focus on the preparation for the informal meeting of EU heads of state and government on 20 September.
EPP President
Joseph DAUL will host the Summit. The Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament,
Manfred WEBER, EPP Secretary
General Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ and the members of the EPP Presidency will participate.
Nicos ANASTASIADES (Cyprus),
Boyko BORISSOV (Bulgaria),
Klaus IOHANNIS (Romania),
Sebastian KURZ (Austria),
Angela MERKEL (Germany),
Viktor ORBÁN (Hungary),
Andrej PLENKOVIĆ (Croatia) and
Leo VARADKAR (Ireland) are currently the EPP heads of state and government in the European Council.
EPP Summit
Date: 19 September 2018, from 16:30 to 18:30hrs
Venue: Pitter Event Center in Salzburg. The press entrance is located on Auerspergstraße at the corner of the venue.
Press accreditation
Journalists wishing to attend
must register by Monday, 17 September at 13:00 via the following e-form:
https://epp.org/2LwsdiF
Press Registration opens at 14:30
WhatsApp
The EPP Press Team has created an alert system especially for journalists through WhatsApp. If you wish to receive live updates and announcements during the Summit, please send us a short message with your name and media to the following EPP Press Team number
+32471808006 so that we add you to the list of recipients.
For security reasons, please ensure that you bring a valid form of identification: journalists and cameramen will be given access to the venue upon presentation of their accreditation badges issued by the European Council, or their national press ID cards. Journalists without one of these documents must contact Karine Milheiro (e-mail:
km@epp.eu).