Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Group of the European People's Party, abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group in the European Parliament. The EPP Group is made up of MEPs elected from the lists of member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). While the European People's Party is an umbrella party of national-level political parties from across the continent of Europe, the Group is made up of representatives of parties in member states of the European Union only, who have been elected in their country to represent them in the European Parliament. The group comprises politicians of Christian democratic and conservative orientation.The European People's Party was officially founded in 1976, but the EPP Group has existed in one form or another since June 1953 in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, the Parliament's predecessor. This makes it one of the oldest EU Groups. Its influence remains important today; it is the largest political group in the European Parliament since 1999 and its influence also extends to the European Council, where 14 out of 28 heads of state and government belong to the EPP family, and to the European Commission, where 13 commissioners come from EPP parties.. }
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- European_People's_Party_(European_Parliament_group) abstract "The Group of the European People's Party, abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group in the European Parliament. The EPP Group is made up of MEPs elected from the lists of member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). While the European People's Party is an umbrella party of national-level political parties from across the continent of Europe, the Group is made up of representatives of parties in member states of the European Union only, who have been elected in their country to represent them in the European Parliament. The group comprises politicians of Christian democratic and conservative orientation.The European People's Party was officially founded in 1976, but the EPP Group has existed in one form or another since June 1953 in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, the Parliament's predecessor. This makes it one of the oldest EU Groups. Its influence remains important today; it is the largest political group in the European Parliament since 1999 and its influence also extends to the European Council, where 14 out of 28 heads of state and government belong to the EPP family, and to the European Commission, where 13 commissioners come from EPP parties.".