Meeting of the EPP group committee

The committee of the European People's Party group (EPP) met on 15th and 16th April in Kosice to define its position on the major topics of the day. Discussions concentrated on the impact of the economic and financial crisis on employment and social matters as well as on a long-term economic vision for Europe. Commission members took this opportunity to affirm their support for the EU 2020 Strategy and underlined their belief that education is the most important factor for future EU growth. They also discussed questions of enlargement, referring to the possible need to reinforce and supplement current membership criteria, known as the Copenhagen criteria. The President of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, participated in the round table discussion on the theme of enlargement and foreign affairs, alongside Eduard Kukan, Jozsef Berenyi and Miroslav Mikolasik.