The leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP), invited by EPP President Manfred Weber and Prime Minister and President of the Croatian Democratic Union – HDZ, Andrej Plenković, will meet in Zagreb on 30-31 January 2026.
“In times of geopolitical volatility, the EU must be ready to act. As the driving force in Europe, the EPP must be ambitious going forward and make sure the EU architecture is fit to overcome future crises”, stated EPP President Manfred Weber.
In this context, EPP leaders will gather to discuss Europe’s role in the world and outline the party’s priorities for 2026.
Information to pressDates: starting on Friday 30 January 2026 from 15:30 and ending on Saturday 31 January 2026 at 12:30.
Press registration will open on Friday at 14:00.
Venue: Westin Hotel, Kršnjavoga 1, 10000 Zagreb
Journalists wishing to cover the EPP Leaders’ Retreat must register by 29 January via the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/3a6huCE0eQ
For security reasons, please ensure that you bring a valid form of identification and press ID (either badges issued by the European Council or national press ID cards).
The EPP Manifesto outlines the basic principles of the Party summary.
The EPP Manifesto outlines the basic principles of the Party summarising who we are, what our
values are, what challenges are we facing and what vision we have for the future. The
Manifesto was developed in parallel to the EPP Platform document within the EPP Working
Group 1 for “European Policy”.
The EPP Platform is the core programme of our party outlining our main values,
explaining the challenges our society is facing and presenting our vision for the
future of European Union.
The Party Platform was developed in EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy” chaired
by EPP President Wilfried MARTENS ?and EPP Vice President Peter HINTZE. The Working
Group consists of delegates of EPP member parties who prepared and worked?on this
document for more than two years and received input?from the drafting committee as
well as senior and young experts. The document was adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress
in Bucharest, thus replacing the Basic Programme of Athens from 1992.
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