european people's party

The European People's Party is a Christian democrat-conservative political party at European level founded in 1976. In the European Parliament the EPP cooperates with the European Democrats faction in the EPP-ED Group. According to its website the EPP is "a family of the political center whose roots are deep in the history of European civilization. It unites like-minded national parties, in EU Member States and in EU applicant countries and we maintain close contact with decided probable candidate countries." The EPP has a youth political party called the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP). The European Democratic Students (EDS) is a group of student political parties associated with the EPP.

Member Parties

sterreichische Volkspartei (VP) (Austrian Peoples Party)

Centre dmocrate humaniste (CDH) (Humanist democratic centre),
Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) (Christian Democratic & Flemish),
Christlich Soziale Partei (CSP) (Christian Social Party),
Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) (New Flemish Alliance)

Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός (ΔΗ.ΣΥ.) (Democratic Rally)

Křesťansk a demokratick unie - Československ strana lidov (KDU-CSL) (Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party),
Občansk demokratick strana (ODS) (Civic Democratic Party)
Evropt demokrat (ED)(European Democrats),
Sdruen nezvislch (SNK) (Union of Independent Candidates)

Det Konservative Folkeparti (KF) (Conservative People's Party)

Isamaaliit (Pro Patria Union)

Kansallinen Kokoomus (KOK) (National Coalition Party)

Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) (New Union for public movement)

Christlich Demokratische Union (CDU) (Christian Democratic Union),
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU) (Christian Social Union of Bavaria)

Νέα Δημοκρατία (ND) (New Democracy)

Magyar Polgri Szvetsg (FIDESZ) (Hungarian Civic Union),
Magyar Demokrata Frum (MDF) (Hungarian Democratic Forum)

Fine Gael (FG) (Family of the Irish)

Forza Italia (FI) (Go on Italy),
Alleanza Popolare-UDEUR (AP-UDEUR) (Democratic Union for Europe),
Sdtiroler Volkspartei (SVP) (South Tyrol People's Party),
Partito dei Pensionati (PP) (Pensioners' Party),
Cristiani Democratici Uniti (UDC) (Christian Democratic Unit and Christian Democratic Centre)

Tautas Partija (TP) (People's Party),
Jaunais Laiks (JL) (New Era)

Lietuvos Krikcionys Demokratai (LKD) (Lithuanian Christian Democrats),
Tėvynės sąjunga -Lietuvos konservatoriai (Lietuvos konservatoriai) (TS-LK) (Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservative Party))

Chrschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei (CSV)(Christian-Social People's Party)

Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) (Nationalist Party)

Christen-Democratisch Appl (CDA) (Christian Democratic Appeal)

Platforma Obywatelska (PO) (Civic Platform),
Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (PSL) (Polish People's Party) (Co-operating with the EPP-ED Group)

Partido Social Democrata (PSD)(Social Democratic Pary)

Slovensk demokratick a kresťansk nia (SDKU)(Slovak Democratic and Christian Union),
Strana maďarskej koalcie (SMK) (Party of Hungarian Coalition),
Kresťanskodemokratick hnutie (KDH) (Christian Democratic Movement of Slovakia)