EPP ED (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
EPP Party Press Release: Greece: Wilfried Martens, EPP President, Congratulates new ND Leader Antonis Samaras
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Wilfried Martens, President of the European People’s Party (EPP) and former Prime Minister, completed today his Royal mission as ‘explorer’ after proposing to the King of Belgium Albert II, Yves Leterme (CD&V – EPP) as Prime Minister and concluding an agreement with party leaders on the methodology for resolving outstanding Belgian institutional issues. Leterme...
Arabic Video News in English (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Its been a bloody and brutal week in Pakistna. The Peshawar car bomb on Wednesday brought the number of deaths by militants to more than 200 in October. It happened during a visit by US secretary of State Hillary Clinton. General Wesley Clark, former supreme commander of NATO, joins Sir David from New [...]
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The leaders of the European People's Party and the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Wilfried Martens and Joseph Daul MEP respectively, have expressed their confidence in Traian Băsescu, who is running for another term as President of Romania.
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
The leaders of the European People's Party and of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Wilfried Martens and Joseph Daul MEP, have expressed their confidence in the outcome of the second round of the presidential elections in Romania.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Belgian Foreign minister Yves Leterme is likely to succeed the newly elected President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, a Belgian TV reported in Brussels on Tuesday. After facilitator Wilfried Martens hands his report of mission to the Belgian King, Albert II, Van Rompuy will officially step down as Belgian Prime minister, RTV TVI reported, quoting official sources. It will...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Belgian Foreign minister Yves Leterme is likely to succeed the newly elected President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, a Belgian TV reported in Brussels on Tuesday. After facilitator Wilfried Martens hands his report of mission to the Belgian King, Albert II, Van Rompuy will officially step down as Belgian Prime minister, RTV TVI reported, quoting official sources. It will...
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Joseph Daul MEP, and the President of the European People's Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens, today congratulated Traian Basescu on his results in the first round of presidential elections in Romania.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Belgium's ex-prime minister Yves Leterme -- who quit amid a bank bailout scandal last year -- will bounce back as government chief within 24 hours, incumbent Herman Van Rompuy said Tuesday. "It's now his second chance. He has all the elements to prove he will be a good prime minister. I hope so for him and for Belgium," said Van Rompuy, who is leaving the premiership. Fellow ex-PM Wilfried...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Belgian ex-premier Wilfried Martens met party leaders Saturday as he began a royal commission to organise a smooth political transition after current PM Herman Van Rompuy was named as EU president. King Albert II tapped up Martens on Friday to help find the next PM without causing the kind of political crises which had beset Belgium before Van Rompuy took the reins of a coalition...
EPP ED (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
EPP Party Press Release: Berlin Wall: ''We changed the history of Germany, Europe & the World'', says Wilfried Martens, EPP President and former Prime Minister
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Chairman of powerful EU grouping warns against Tory leader's switch to divisive and less influential group David Cameron has set up "a weak and very marginal" group in the European parliament that will have no influence over future debates in Europe, Wilfried Martens, the powerful chairman of the European People's Party, warned today in a visit to London. He urged Cameron to...
