Press Release

07/07/2009

European Parliament: EPP Group reaches agreement with major European political families. Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group

The Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Joseph Daul MEP, has declared that he has signed a technical agreement on the Presidency of the European Parliament with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

This agreement foresees that the President for the first half of the legislature will be from the EPP Group and that the President for the second half of the legislature will be from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

Furthermore, Joseph Daul said that the EPP Group has made an agreement with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and the Group of the Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats on the distribution of key chairmanships of parliamentary committees.

"The economic and social crisis which we are witnessing calls for a responsible attitude on the part of the main European political families", highlighted Daul. "It is in this spirit that the EPP Group came to these agreements while remaining true to its values and its political priorities."

(Translation from the original French)

For further information:
Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group, Tel: +32-2-2847525
Antoine Ripoll, Chairman's Spokesman, Tel: +32-475-856290