The EPP's Way to Number 1 : The Rise to Europe's Leading Political Force and Lessons Ahead / Klaus Welle.

The EPP's Way to Number 1 -- Party Names -- Youth Organisations -- Contents -- List of Tables -- The Way to Number 1 -- Part I. The Beginning -- Part II. Breaking Through – The Way to Majority -- Part III. Creating a Joint Youth Structure: YEPP -- Part IV. The Integration of the EUCD into the EPP -- Part V. Mission Accomplished – The EDU -- Part VI. On the Right Track? – The Enlargement of the EPP 30 Years Later -- Part VII. The Enlarged EPP in Practice -- Part VIII. Conclusion -- Annexes -- Index.

In 1999, the European People's Party (EPP) emerged as the largest political group in the European Parliament, maintaining its dominance for more than 25 years and influencing the direction of the EU through five consecutive Presidencies of the European Commission.

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