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 EPP-ED Chronology - 2001-2008
16 January 2007 Hans-Gert Poettering, Member of the EPP-ED Group, elected as President of the European Parliament. 1 January 2007 New MEPs from Bulgaria and Romania become Members of the EPP-ED Group. The UDF, DSB and DP from Bulgaria and PD, DP, UDMR and DFDR from Romania join the EPP-ED Group. The EPP-ED Group is composed of 277 Members.
14 November 2006 Hans-Gert Poettering nominated as EPP-ED Group candidate for President of the European Parliament. 9-11 November 2006 Xth Dialogue between the Orthodox Churches and the EPP-ED Group in Bratislava. 11 October 2006 EPP-ED MEPs awarded an unprecedented 7 out of 8 'MEP Awards'. 26 September 2006 Lars Wohlin MEP (Sweden) joins the EPP-ED Group. There are 264 MEPs in the Group. 21-23 September 2006 EIN Summer University in Lyon (France). 18 September 2006 6th Summit of Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups of the EU 25, Brussels. 4 July 2006 Tunne Kelam MEP, Estonian Independence Leader, awarded EPP-ED Group Robert Schuman Medal. 8 June 2006 EPP-ED Study Day in Brussels. Main topic: Reunification of European History. 30-31 March 2006 XVI. EPP Congress in Rome. 9 February 2006 EPP-ED Group Study Day on European Social Policy in Times of Globalisation. 6 February 2006 5th Summit of Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups of the EU-25, Brussels. 13 December 2005 Vytautas Landsbergis MEP, Lithuanian Independence Leader, awarded EPP-ED Group Robert Schuman Medal. 7 December 2005 Michel Barnier, former EU Commissioner, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Chairman of the French association "Nouvelle République", awarded EPP-ED Group Robert Schuman Medal. 22-24 September 2005 EIN Summer University and European Ideas Fair in Lisbon, Portugal. 22 September 2005 EPP-ED Study Day in Brussels. Main topic: Colombia. 29 June 2005 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to the Vice-Chairman of the CDU/CSU Group in the German Bundestag and former German Minister of Interior Affairs, Wolgang Schäuble. 16 February 2005 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to the former Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
13 January 2005 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to two human rights activists Sergey Kovalev and Natalya Estemirova. 12 January 2005 Historic moment: vote of European Parliament on European Constitution.
11 January 2005 Official visit of Dr Helmut Kohl to the EPP-ED Group and exchange of views.
EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to His Holiness Pope John Paul II in honour of his outstanding contribution to the integration of Europe by Hans-Gert Poettering, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, during a private audience in the private library of the Pope. During this audience, the main subject of discussion was the European Constitution. 8 November 2004 3rd Summit of Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups of the EU 25, Brussels. 26 October 2004 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to retiring Commissioners - Vice-President Loyola de Palacio, Franz Fischler, Chris Patten, Mario Monti and Viviane Reding. 23-24 September 2004 EPP-ED Study Days, chaired by Vice-Chairman João de Deus Pinheiro MEP in Brussels. Main topic: Turkey. 9-11 September 2004 EIN Summer University and European Ideas Fair in Berlin, Germany.
Re-election of Hans-Gert Poettering as Chairman of the EPP-ED Group. Number of Vice-Chairmen enlarged to nine. The Members of the Czech SNK-ED become Members of the Group. The Czech ODS, Portuguese Partido Popular and Italian Partito Pensionati join the ED part of EPP-ED Group. The EPP-ED Group is composed of 268 Members. 5-8 July 2004 EPP-ED Study Days in Budapest, Hungary. Declaration on European Elections adopted. 10-13 June 2004 Sixth direct elections to the European Parliament. Largest elections with 450 millions citizens in 25 Member States of the European Union. Overall turnout was 45.5 per cent. The EPP-ED Group wins again being, with 278 Members, the largest political Group in the European Parliament. It is also the only Group composed of deputies from all 25 Member States and the only Group with more than 200 Members. 23-24 March 2004 EPP-ED Study Days in Vienna, Austria. 4-5 February 2004 XVI EPP Congress in Brussels: 'The EPP: your majority in Europe'.
17 December 2003 Niels Pedersen appointed new Secretary-General of the EPP-ED Group. 4 December 2003 EPP Summit in Paris. Analysis of the work of the IGC. 10-11 November 2003 2nd Summit of the Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups of the EU-25, Brussels. 17-18 September 2003 EPP-ED Study Days in Madrid. Main topic: presentation of EPP-ED Priorities for 2004-2009. 11-13 September 2003 EIN Summer University in El Escorial, Spain. 1 July 2003 Fiftieth Anniversary of the EPP-ED Group celebrated in Strasbourg. 25-26 June 2003 EPP-ED Study Days in Copenhagen, Denmark. Main topic: Convention. 24 June 2003 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to Danish top politicians - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Bendt Bendtsen, Per-Stig Møller and Bertel Haarder. 19 June 2003 EPP enlarged Summit in Halkidiki, Greece. EPP calls on Intergovernmental Conference to complete and finalise a Constitutional Treaty based on the European Convention's proposal. 11 June 2003 Convention on the Future of the European Union completes its work for the Thessaloniki European Council meeting.
26-27 May 2003 1st Summit of the Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups of the EU-25, Brussels.
5 May 2003 Official ceremony of the EPP-ED Group and the EPP Party to welcome 69 new Observers from the accession countries' associated and observing political parties. 1 May 2003 162 Observers from accession countries' national parliaments begin their work in the European Parliament. 16 April 2003 Signing of Accession Treaties at European Council meeting in Athens. 9 April 2003 Vote in Plenary Session of the European Parliament on the 10 recommendations (one vote per country) giving assent to the applications for membership of the EU.
20 March 2003 EPP Summit in Meise, Belgium. Common Position on the situation in Iraq adopted. 8 March-20 September 2003 Wave of referenda in accessing countries reflects public support for EU enlargement. From Malta to Latvia, majorities of citizens agree with the ratification of Enlargement Treaty. 21 February 2003 Croatia applies for membership. 6 January 2003 Tenth anniversary of launch of the Single Market. 17 December 2002 Otto von Habsburg made first Honorary Member of the EPP-ED Group.
12-13 December 2002 Copenhagen Council Summit - the enlargement negotiations end. 23-24 November 2002 Special Enlargement 'Open Days' in Strasbourg. 20 November 2002 EPP-ED Group celebrates Otto von Habsburg's 90th birthday in Strasbourg. 17 November 2002 Foundation of the 'Union pour un Mouvement Populaire' (UMP), France - a Member of the EPP.
12-13 November 2002 Summit of Chairmen of EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups from national parliaments, Brussels. 19 October 2002 Ireland ratifies the Nice Treaty in a second referendum. 17-18 October 2002 EPP Congress in Estoril, Portugal. 'A Constitution for a Strong Europe' document adopted. 30 August-1 September 2002 New European centre-right think tank, the European Ideas Network (EIN) Summer University, is launched in Oxford on the initiative of James Elles MEP.
1 July 2002 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain. 24-25 June 2002 EPP-ED Study Days in Edinburgh. Main topics: Regional Government Within the EU in the Context of Enlargement, A Single Market in Financial Services, The New Media: a Challenge to Education and Culture in Europe, Enterprise and the Future of the Rural Economy. 8 May 2002 Homage to Leo Tindemans on the occasion of his 80th birthday. 14 March 2002 EPP Summit in Barcelona. Antonio López-Istúriz elected as Secretary-General of the EPP. Associate Member status accorded to EVP, Switzerland and KDH, Slovak Republic. Observer Member status accorded to SDKU, Slovak Republic. 28 February 2002 Inaugural meeting of the Convention on the Future of the European Union. On the initiative of EPP President Wilfried Martens, the EPP Convention Group was established and chaired by Elmar Brok. 1 January 2002 Changeover to the new European single currency, the euro, in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain.
14 December 2001 EPP Leader's Summit in Meise, Belgium. Preparation for the Laeken European Council. Adoption of the 'A Constitution for a Europe that works'. 6 December 2001 The RPR, France and the UDEUR, Italy join the EPP. Associate Member status accorded to the MDF, Hungary. 21 November 2001 José María Aznar is elected, in Mexico City, as President of the Christian-Democrat Internationale and Centrist Democrat Internationale. 14 November 2001 Election of the EPP-ED Group Presidency. Hans-Gert Poettering re-elected as EPP-ED Group Chairman. 19 October 2001 EPP Leader's Summit in Kortrijk, Belgium. Resolution 'Lessons to be learned from the crisis' concerning terrorism.
24-25 September 2001 EPP-ED Group Study Days in Rome. Declaration on the future of the Union adopted. 12 September 2001 Extraordinary formal sitting of the European Parliament. EPP-ED condemns the terrorist attacks on the USA but warns before identifying the terrorist with the Muslim world. The Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, Hans-Gert Poettering, appeals for closer international cooperation to combat terrorism effectively. 11 September 2001 Terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center Twin Towers. 27 June 2001 The EPP-ED calls for the introduction of a European Day against the death penalty. 8 June 2001 The Nice Treaty is rejected in referendum in Ireland. 9-10 May 2001 EPP-ED Group Study Days in Thessaloniki, Greece. Main topics: The future of the Balkans, Asylum and Immigration Policy, Health and Consumer Protection.
3 April 2001 EPP-ED Schuman Medal awarded to Mrs Elena Bonner, Russia. 26 February 2001 Signing of the Treaty of Nice. 10-13 January 2001 XIV EPP Congress in Berlin, Chairman Wilfried Martens: adoption of the 'A Union of values' Declaration. |
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