The European People’s Party (EPP) revealed today the list of candidates running for the Presidency of the EPP. At the EPP Congress in Madrid on 21-22 October, the 749 delegates from 32 countries will elect the members of the new EPP Presidency, including the President, Secretary General, 10 Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer.
The EPP President will be elected on Wednesday, 21 October, and will then propose a candidate for Secretary General. Candidates for the 10 Vice-President positions had to be nominated by their national member party or by an EPP member association by 14 October 2015. The Congress delegates will then elect the Secretary General, 10 Vice-Presidents and Treasurer on Thursday, 22 October.
The candidates for the EPP Presidency are:
President:
Joseph Daul, Les Républicains, France
Vice-Presidents:(12 candidates running for 10 positions)
Tobias BILLSTRÖM, Moderaterna, Sweden
Anca BOAGIU, PNL, Romania
Kinga GÁL, FIDESZ, Hungary
Johannes HAHN, ÖVP, Austria
Jyrki KATAINEN, Kokoomus, Finland (YEPP)
David McALLISTER, CDU, Germany
Dara MURPHY, Fine Gael, Ireland
Paulo RANGEL, PSD, Portugal
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Civic Platform, Poland
Antonio TAJANI, Forza Italia, Italy
Marianne THYSSEN, CD&V, Belgium
Corien WORTMANN-KOOL, CDA, Netherlands
Anca BOAGIU, PNL, Romania
Kinga GÁL, FIDESZ, Hungary
Johannes HAHN, ÖVP, Austria
Jyrki KATAINEN, Kokoomus, Finland (YEPP)
David McALLISTER, CDU, Germany
Dara MURPHY, Fine Gael, Ireland
Paulo RANGEL, PSD, Portugal
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Civic Platform, Poland
Antonio TAJANI, Forza Italia, Italy
Marianne THYSSEN, CD&V, Belgium
Corien WORTMANN-KOOL, CDA, Netherlands
Treasurer:
Christian SCHMIDT, CSU, Germany
The EPP Congress can be followed live online at madrid2015.epp.eu. Frequent updates and photos from the Congress can be seen on the EPP’s social media channels:
Twitter: live feeds at http://twitter.epp.eu #EPPMadrid
Flickr: live photostream at http://flickr.epp.eu
Twitter: live feeds at http://twitter.epp.eu #EPPMadrid
Flickr: live photostream at http://flickr.epp.eu
Note to editors:
The EPP is the largest and most influential European-level political party of the centre-right, which currently includes 75 member-parties from 40 countries, the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, 10 EU and 6 non-EU heads of state and government, 14 members of the European Commission and the largest Group in the European Parliament.
For more information:
Siegfried Muresan, Spokesman, Tel. +32 2 285 41 47
Karine Milheiro, Press & Communication Officer, kmilheiro@epp.eu, +32 491 61 23 69
Ecaterina Casinge, Press Relations Officer, ecasinge@epp.eu, +32 488 58 59 08
For the Spanish press:
Pilar Santamaria, EPP Press service, psantamaria@epp.eu, + 32 492 46 38 40
For the Spanish press:
Pilar Santamaria, EPP Press service, psantamaria@epp.eu, + 32 492 46 38 40