EU and non-EU heads of state and government, party leaders, opposition leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Presidents of the European Parliament and the European Council –
Antonio TAJANI and
Donald TUSK – will participate at the upcoming EPP Summit, to take place in Sofia on 16 May. On the agenda will be the preparation for the EU - Western Balkans Summit on the 17 May.
EPP President
Joseph DAUL and Prime Minister
Boyko BORISSOV 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),
Sebastian KURZ (Austria),
Viktor ORBÁN (Hungary),
Andrej PLENKOVIĆ (Croatia) and
Leo VARADKAR (Ireland) will attend.
Party leader
Sybrand BUMA (The Netherlands), opposition leaders
Pavel BĔLOBRÁDEK (Czech Republic),
Silvio BERLUSCONI (Italy),
Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS (Greece) and
Rui RIO (Portugal) will also be present.
Chairman of the Presidency
Bakir IZETBEGOVIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina), President
Aleksandar VUČIĆ (Serbia), opposition leaders
Lulzim BASHA (Albania) and
Hristijan MICKOSKI (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and party Vice-President
Lutfi HAZIRI (Kosovo) will attend the Summit.
EPP Summit:
Date: 16 May 2018 from 16:00 to 18:30
Venue: Council of Ministers
Boyana Residence
16, Vitoshko lale
1618 Sofia
Bulgaria
Note to the Press:
The press area will open at 14:30.
The EPP President Joseph DAUL and Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko BORISSOV will give a doorstep statement at 15:30.
The EPP will be offering live info and photo feeds from the EPP Summit through its official Twitter, Facebook and Flickr accounts. Video footage will also be available via satellite after the Summit. Follow us live and get an insight on how our leaders prepare the European Council:
Twitter:
http://twitter.epp.eu
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/epp.eu
Flickr:
http://flickr.epp.eu
Recorded broadcast-quality footage will be available on 16 May from 14:00 GMT until 14:15 GMT and from 16:00 GMT until 16:15 GMT
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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).