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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Alliance for Europe of the Nations, Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, Alliance of European National Movements, Alliance of Independent Democrats in Europe, Community Party, EUDemocrats, European Alliance for Freedom, European Anti-Capitalist Left, European Federalist Party, European Free Alliance, European Green Party, European National Front, European People's Party, European political party, Europe Begins at Sarajevo, Europe United Party, Europe - Democracy - Esperanto, Liberal South East European Network, Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy, Movement for European Reform, National Party of Europe, Newropeans, Nordic Green Left Alliance, Party of European Socialists presidential primaries, 2014, Party of the European Left, Platform for Transparency, Political foundation at European level, Table of political parties in Europe by pancontinental organisation. Excerpt: The European People's Party (EPP) is the major European political party of the centre-right. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives. The EPP has been the largest party in the European Parliament since 1999, the European Council since 2002 and is also by far the largest party in the current European Commission. The President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission are both from the EPP. Many of the Founding fathers of the European Union were also from parties that would later form the EPP. Outside the EU, the party also controls a majority in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The EPP has alternated with its centre-left rival the Party of European Socialists (PES) as the largest European political party. The EPP includes major parties such...