MGERB has become part of the big European family of YEPP

05/12/09

MGERB has officially gained the status of an observer member in the Youth of the European People’s Party – YEPP! MGERB was also officially recognised by the right-wing centralist youth organisations from all over Europe as a full righted partner. This happened during the international seminar of YEPP in Tirana, Albania. The seminar took hold from the 3rd of December to the 6th of December 2009. MGERB was supported with consent by over 30 youth organisations from all over Europe during the vote, which occurred during the board meeting of YEPP. Having an observer member status is the last step before achieving a full member status in the YEPP. After the achieved success MGERB can take an active part in determining the policies on European level, through it’s participation in the largest international youth organisation. When MGERB is accepted as a full member the representatives of MGERB will have the right to elect the YEPP Board, as well as be elected to be in the YEPP Board.

Hristo Gadzhev – MGERB’s International Secretary took part in the seminar in Tirana. He presented MGERB before the participants and introduced the qualities of the largest right-wing centralist youth organisation in Bulgaria. “At the base of MGERB lay main values, such as supremacy of the law, freedom of personal initiative and the traditional values of the EPP. We have proven our willingness to work for forming policies, regarding people not only on national, but on European level, so we can achieve prosperity for all European citizens. That is why I am certain that MGERB will be a worthy member of the family of YEPP”.

The participants to the conference were welcomed by the Prime Minister of Albania – Sali Berisha. He thanked them for their visit to Albania and introduced the situation in the country. He requested help for the removal of visas from 2010. The ministers of European Integration, Interior, Defence, Infrastructure and Transport and Telecommunications were also present during the meeting. Antonio Tajani the Vice President of the European Commission for Transport was also a special guest to the seminar.

Monika Panayotova the Chairwoman of MGERB will specially meet with the Board of YEPP during the forthcoming congress of the EPP in Bonn to thank personally for the vote of confidence and the acceptance of MGERB in the big youth European family.

The next seminar of the Youth of the European People’s Party will take place in Sofia and Plovdiv – Bulgaria. It will start on the 18th of February and end on the 21st of February. The host of the seminar will be MGERB.