Theme of the day of 14 September 2007

The EPP-ED Group on YouTube

The EPP-ED Group has joined the global family of users of the video sharing website "YouTube", by establishing a website on:

http://www.youtube.com/user/eppedtv
Videos from the EPP-ED are available there. The EPP-ED Group is produces communication in standard written and electronic form but also in the form of short videos presenting the crucial issues and events of their parliamentary work and finalised Parliamentary work. According to the Internet users commenting on the site

http://www.youtube.com/user/eppedtv
- it is "something on the European Union that I can bear to watch..."

The EPP-ED already has many representations on YouTube. Several EPP-ED Members of Parliament have their own sites, others are often presented there due to their high profile contributions on certain issues.

Amongst the most frequent users is Astrid Lulling MEP (Luxembourg), who appears on dozens of short videos on

http://www.youtube.com/user/luxdico.
Other MEPs who have their own YouTube channels are Edward McMillan-Scott MEP (United Kingdom), who posts information of his involvement in human rights cases throughout the world

http://www.youtube.com/user/emcmillanscott
A very experienced YouTuber is Íñigo Méndez de Vigo MEP (Spain)-

http://www.youtube.com/user/IMendezdeVigo
Another MEP, famous for his key role in the drafting of the Roaming Directive, Paul Rübig (Austria) blogs his daily life in Brussels and Strasbourg on

http://www.youtube.com/user/paulruebig
German MEP Daniel Caspary also keeps a site on YouTube -

http://www.youtube.com/user/teamcaspary
Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP (Finland), who often leads the debate on the use of modern technologies is of course also a member of the Youtube club. You can see her videos on

http://www.youtube.com/user/pkauppi
A recently acceded country MEP who also contributes to a site on YouTube is Zuzana Roithová (Czech Republic)

http://www.youtube.com/user/VideoEPblogger
Syed Kamall MEP (United Kingdom) connects to voters through his own channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/SyedKamall
as well as Ioannis Kasoulides MEP (Cyprus)

http://www.youtube.com/user/kasoulid
High profile EPP-ED figures are also represented, the first of them is the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering (Germany)

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Poettering
and the Chairman of the EPP-ED Group himself, Joseph Daul MEP (France) who is no stranger to YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joseph+Daul
and MEP Jaime Mayor Oreja (Spain), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jaime+Mayor+Oreja&search=Search
who also has a personal site.

The life exploits of former top racing car driver, Ari Vatanen (Finland) - now an MEP for France

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vatanen+ari
and ice hockey player Peter Šťastný MEP

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=peter+stastny
are two other well visited sites.

The Internet is a tool used to improve communication between the citizens and their politicians. The website charting the work of the EPP-ED Group and its Members in shaping the political priorities choices of both the European Parliament and the EU institutions as a whole for the last ten years is available on

http://www.epp-ed.eu

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