Youth of the European People's Party

Youth of European People's Party
PresidentLídia Pereira
Secretary-GeneralHeidi Hanhela
Founded1997 (1997)
HeadquartersRue du Commerce 10, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
IdeologyChristian democracy
Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
ColoursBlue and Black
Website
www.youthepp.eu

Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) is an umbrella organization of European political youth organisations and is the official youth wing of the European People's Party. YEPP brings together 64 centre-right youth political organisations from 40 countries all over Europe. Founded in 1997 by the 2006–2014 Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt, YEPP has developed into the largest political youth organisation in Europe.

Full members status is held to the European Youth Forum (YFJ) which operates within the Council of Europe and European Union areas and works closely with both these bodies (full members status to the European Youth Forum has also Democrat Youth Community of Europe, whose senior branch merged into the European People's Party in 2002). YEPP is also a full member of the Union of the Robert Schuman Institute for Developing Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Every board is elected for two years.