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December 09, 2011

MGERB was part of the congress of the EPP


09/12/2011

The Youth Organisation of GERB was represented at the congress of the European People’s Party, which was held in the period between the 7th and 8th of December in Marseilles. MGERB was represented by Kalin Zahariev, Deputy International Secretary of MGERB and vice-president of EDS. The event was held parallel with the second meeting of the Council of EDS. The topic of the seminar was “Multiculturalism in Europe – Challenges and Possibilities”.

The XX Congress of the EPP went by a vast media interest. The European leaders had gathered in one place under the symbol of the efforts for overcoming the financial economic crisis. Over 1000 delegates from 39 countries attended including the 17 head of states belonging to the EPP. Speakers during the congress were José Manuel Durão Barroso -President of the European Commission, Jerzy Buzek – President of the European Parliament, Wilfried Martens – President of the European People’s Party, Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy – President of France, Antonio López-Istúriz - Secretary-General of the European People's Party, Jean-Claude Trichet – Former President of the European Central Bank, as well as many other prime ministers. The mutual message regarded with the united efforts to save the Euro zone. An important accent was that despite the hard times for Europe, the European dream must prevail.

After the congress of the EPP the seminar part of the event was due. In the first panels guest lectors were representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, as well as the Robert Schuman Foundation.

A mutual panel with the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP) was organised for the first time of the current mandate of the bureau of the EDS. After that the traditional work sessions of the commissions to EDS were held.

During the last day was held a session of the Council of the European Union.

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