Logo of the 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 civilisation. 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 or YEPP.

The European Democratic Students or EDS is a group of student political parties associated with the EPP.

• European People's Party (http://www.epp-eu.org) official site

YEPP website (http://www.yepp.org) EDS website (http://www.eds.org)