AUG
27
 EPP PRESIDENT VERY DISAPPOINTED BY RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF GEORGIA'S BREAKAWAY REGIONS OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA

The President of the European People’s Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens, has today expressed his grave concern and great disappointment over Russia’s decision to recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states.

“The decision of the Russian government was a serious mistake that threatens to destabilize the entire Caucasus region and is cont ...
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AUG
20
 EPP DEEPLY SADDENED BY ACCIDENT IN MADRID'S AIRPORT
The President and Secretary General of the European People's Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens and Antonio López-Istúriz, have today expressed their condolences to the families of the victims who suffered in today's accident at Madrid's Barajas airport when a passenger plane swerved off the runway.

“We are very shocked to hear about this accident; unfortunately one of the most serious accidents in Europe in re ...
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AUG
09
 EPP PRESIDENT DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOSTILITIES IN GEORGIA
The President of the European People’s Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens has expressed today his deep concern over the violent fighting in South Ossetia (Georgia) and the attacks on Georgian civilian aims beyond South Ossetia from the army of the Russian Federation.

“I am deeply concerned about the hostilities of the last 48 hours in South Ossetia and the attacks on Georgian civilian aims beyond South Osset ...
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JUL
30
 EPP PRESIDENT WARMLY WELCOMES TURKISH COURT RULING
The President of the European People's Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens, has welcomed the court ruling in Turkey in which the governing AK Party, the Justice and Development Party founded by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was excused from a ban following accusations that it was undermining the country's secular system. The AKP is an observer member of the EPP. ...
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JUL
29
 EPP CONGRATULATES FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN FYROM

Wilfried Martens, EPP President, has congratulated Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), on the formation of the new coalition government, which was recently approved by the Parliament.

“As well as my congratulations, I would also like to show my support and solidarity to Mr Gruevski in his bid to develop the country and ensure accession to the EU. T ...
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07 October 2008
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